Snowmobile and ATV Accident Investigation and Reconstruction, Second Edition - Hardcover

Richard Hermance

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0913875023 ISBN 13: 9780913875025

Publisher: Lawyers & Judges Publishing Company, Inc., 2006

Synopsis

In this second edition of a classic you'll find detailed and up to date reference material covering the technical aspects of snowmobile and ATV product design, performance, mechanical operation, safety, trail design and administration, maintenance, mapping and accident investigation and reconstruction. You will also find information on human factors issues such as driver training, speed, use of helmets and protective clothing, compensation for weather conditions, and driving under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs. You will also gain much information on snowmobile and ATV accidents ever published.

About this title

About the Author

Richard Hermance is a nationally recognized and accredited accident reconstruction expert who has been retained by such varied agencies as the United States Attorneys Office, the FBI, U.S. Forest Service, South Dakota Department of Fish and Game, New Hampshire Department of Fish and Game, New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historical Preservation, as well as many other private and municipal entities throughout the country. Mr. Hermance has been involved in many snowmobile and ATV accident investigations and reconstructions and has conducted a research and testing program with Arctic Cat Corporation to provide empirical test data for snowmobile accident reconstruction as well as to study the feasibility of various new safety systems for snowmobiles. Mr. Hermance has also conducted many deceleration and testing projects with ATVs. He is the author of the SESRA study on the dynamic effects of traction products in the snowmobile industry. Mr. Hermance has testified throughout the country as a reconstruction expert and belongs to many professional associations in the accident reconstruction community. He is a past member of the Board of Directors of the National Association of Traffic Accident Reconstruction and Investigators. He also has served on the research testing and evaluation committee as well as the ethics committee. Mr. Hermance has designed an accident reconstruction course which he has taught in California to the U.S. Forest Service, in South Dakota to the South Dakota Department of Fish and Game, in New Hampshire for the New Hampshire Department of Fish and Game, and to the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Mr. Hermance designed the first advanced snowmobile safety program in conjunction with the State of New York Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. He is a member of the New York State Snowmobile Advisory Council which reports to the Commissioner of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation.An avid snowmobile and ATV rider for the past twenty-five years, Mr. Hermance has ridden extensively throughout the United States and Canada. He is a New York state certified snowmobile safety instructor and volunteers yearly with his test riders and mechanics in teaching the young snowmobiler safety course in New York. Mr. Hermance is president of Collision Research, Ltd., located in Tillson, New York.

Edition details

• Publisher: Lawyers & Judges Publishing Company, Inc.
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0913875023
• ISBN 13: 9780913875025
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 496