EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND EMPLOYMENT BACKGROUND CURRENT POSITION NUMBER OF YEARS ON THE FORCE BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON TRAINING BASIC TRAINING SPECIAL TRAINING IN ACCIDENT RECONSTRUCTION HOW MANY ACCIDENTS HAVE YOU INVESTIGATED TYPES OF ACCIDENTS YOU INVESTIGATE NUMBER OF YEARS IN ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION WHAT DEGREES, LICENSES, OR CERTIFICATIONS DO YOU HOLD HAVE YOU BEEN QUALIFIED TO TESTIFY IN THE FILED OF ACCIDENT RECONSTRUCTION BEFORE EXPLAIN WHAT AN AUTO ACCIDENT RECONSTRUCTION IS TO THE JURY HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN IN THE FIELD OF ACCIDENT RECONSTRUCTION OFFER AS AN EXPERT IN AUTO ACCIDENT RECONSTRUCTION DID YOU DO PREPARE A REPORT CONCERNING THE TERREBONNE ACCIDENT? WHAT WERE YOUR GENERAL FINDINGS IN THIS REPORT? WHAT IS YOUR OPINION ABOUT THE CONSTRUCTION WORK OF LEVEE CONSTRUCTION GIVEN THE WEATHER? SHOULD IT HAVE TAKEN PLACE ON THIS DAY? SHOULD LEVY HAD MORE THAN 1 FLAGGER OUT? Investigation of the Scene and the Accident
WHAT WAS THE DATE OF THE ACCIDENT
HOW WERE YOU NOTIFIED ABOUT THE ACCIDENT WHEN DID YOU ARRIVE AT THE SCENE WHERE DID THE ACCIDENT HAPPEN WHAT TIME DID YOU ARRIVE AT THE SCENE DESCRIBE THE AREA AND ROADWAY DESCRIBE THE AREA WIDTH OF THE ROADWAY ANYTHING UNUSUAL ABOUT THE WEATHER HOW MANY LANES ANY INTERSECTIONS NEAR BY ANY OBSTRUCTIONS TO THE DRIVERS VIEWS OF THE AREA WHERE THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED WERE THERE ANY SKID MARKS IN THE ROADWAY WAS THERE ANY DEBRIS IN THE ROADWAY WHERE WAS THE POINT OF IMPACT WHERE DID THE VEHICLES TRAVEL AFTER THE POI ANY DAMAGE TO THE ROADWAY ANY CURVES IN THE ROADWAY ANY HILLS IN THE ROADWAY WHAT IS THE SPEED LIMIT ON THAT ROAD WAS THERE ANY SKID MARKS IN THE ROADWAY WAS THERE ANY DEBRIS IN THE ROADWAY WERE THERE ANY GAUGE MARKS IN THE ROADWAY DID YOU DO COEFFICIENT OR FRICTIONS STUDIES LIGHTING IN THE AREA WHAT WAS THE LIGHTING LIKE IN THE AREA WHERE THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED WERE THE VEHICLES LIGHTS ON WAS A LAB TEST DONE TO SEE IF LIGHTS WERE ON POINT OF IMPACT
ARE YOU ABLE TO DETERMINE THE POINT OF IMPACT AFTER
INVESTIGATING AN ACCIDENT WHAT DATA OR FACTS DO YOU USE TO MAKE THIS DETERMINATION WHAT ENGINEERING PRINCIPLES DO YOU USE DO YOU HAVE AN OPINION WITHIN A REASONABLE DEGREE OF ENGINEERING PROBABILITY AS TO THE POI WHAT IS YOUR OPINION AS TO THE POINT OF IMPACT SPEED OF THE DEFENDANT’S VEHICLE ARE YOU ABLE TO DETERMINE THE SPEED OF A VEHICLE UPON IMPACT AFTER INVESTIGATING AN ACCIDENT WHAT DATA OR FACTS DO YOU USE TO MAKE THIS DETERMINATION WHAT ENGINEERING PRINCIPLES ARE USED COEFFICIENT OF FRICTION - ROAD SURFACE ENERGY ABSORPTION OF THE VEHICLES HOW FAR THE VEHICLES TRAVELED DO YOU HAVE AN OPINION WITHIN A REASONABLE DEGREE OF ENGINEERING PROBABILITY AS TO THE SPEED OF THE DEFENDANT'S AUTOMOBILE WHAT IS YOUR OPINION AS TO THE SPEED THE DEFENDANT WAS TRAVELING BEFORE HE CROSSED OVER THE DOUBLE YELLOW LINES WHAT WAS HIS SPEED WHEN HE HIT THE BUS WHY DID THIS ACCIDENT HAPPEN
DID YOU FILE AN ACCIDENT REPORT
WAS A FATAL ACCIDENT SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT DONE
WAS A BLOOD TEST DONE ON THE DEFENDANT
HOW WAS THE DEFENDANT FOUND
DISPOSITION OF THE DEFENDANT’S CASE
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