Physics of Automobile Accidents

Abstract
Title: The Physics of Automobile Accidents.

Each day in America millions of accidents occur, but how does one decide who¡¯s fault the accident really was, or who was speeding? This is where accident reconstructionists come in. ¡°Accident reconstructionists are people who devote their careers to using their knowledge of physics and motion along with remains from accident scenes to determine the cause of the accident and how it could have been avoided¡± (Borges, 2002).
The purpose of this experiment was to determine the speed of vehicle #1 at the point of impact. Vehicle #2 was making a left turn in front of vehicle #1 traveling at a high rate of speed. The operator of vehicle #2 states that he did not see vehicle #1 before starting to turn, and they end up crashing into each other. The results supported the hypothesis that vehicle #1 was speeding at the point of impact.











The Physics of Automobile Accidents
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