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Visibility

At a large mine site a pickup is parked in the blind spot of a mining haul truck. During a change in working shifts the respective drivers trade vehicles, but a mechanical problem renders the pickup un-drivable. The mining haul truck operator drives over the pickup as it is obstructed from his view. Mirrors to correct the blind spot had been removed from the haul truck. An alternative view of this accident shows that with the mirror in place, that the pickup is visible from the haul truck driver's position.

School Crosswalk

A city block becomes crowded during the noon hour as local high school students flood the area to have lunch at neighboring restaurants. An inattentive driver fails to stop his pickup short of a school crosswalk, impacting a crossing student.

Interstate Multi-Vehicle Collision

On a busy highway near a congested off-ramp to an amusement park a driver of a minivan impacts the rear of another vehicle in the slow moving line of traffic, redirecting the minivan into an adjacent lane where it is hit broadside by a tractor trailer. Ponderosa Associates was asked to determine whether speed was a contributing factor.

Highway Pedestrian Collision

A person pulls his vehicle off the highway as he runs out of gas. A good samaritan pulls up behind to check on the stranded motorist. An inattentive driver of a tractor trailer allows his vehicle to veer right of the lane of travel where his vehicle impacts the assisting motorist on the roadway shoulder.