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Mike Sweeney <msweeney@nospam.lr.net> wrote:

(three posts answered in one reply)

>I just look at the chart that was given out to the recruits; there's one in
>the book.  You just run a test by doing a stop/skid and measuring the
>distance.  Then match it up with the chart, and hold a straight edge on the
>chart.

That's the basic method and the nomograph is quick and easy way to do
calculations in the field.  Most of the test skids I ran years ago
were by the speed/distance method however that requires getting out of
the car to measure the skids and with ABS that's not always easy. What
I do now is use the speed/time method using a stopwatch and radar.
It saves getting out of the car and has the added advantage of being
able to be used on a busy highway during a lull in traffic.

>It does sound like you may have one potential convert in the group, asking
>for more information.  If we only convince one, it is a start.  :)

Do some searches on the web for existing accident reconstructionists
and look at those who list their fee schedules.  That might be enough
of an incentive right there. :-]


>I saw a news story a while back that Conn Troopers were pissed because
>they wound up with a quota.  Someone at the top of the heap was looking
>to get a few lazy people out and working, and they got bitten for it.
>Many states have outlawed quotas.

And rightly so.  I've never heard of a streel officer anywhere who
favored them.  That's not saying there isn't one somewhere, but if
there is s/he is a very rare and weird bird indeed. 

>They should do what this state does.  A friend said that all he has to
>do is have one "citizen contact" per hour.  Citation, warning,
>complaint, accident (which could count multiple times, depending upon
>how many cars involved,) tire changer, etc.

I think the OHP uses or at one time used this system.  A contact could
be anything from a motorist assist to a warning ticket on up to a full
blown arrest so you can imagine how easy a quota would be under those
circumstances.  

>Y'know, my dad used to tell me people do this.  I just thought, "yeah, right."  I
>have seen it.  They aren't usually thanking the guy for ticketing them, but rather
>for treating them fairly and with respect, I guess.

Quite often when I get a 'thank you' the motorist will pause, then
add, "well, not thank you for the ticket, but you know what I mean."  

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