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July 31, 2010
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Accident Terms and Definitions

 

 

PT - Physical Therapy
the evaluation, assessment, and treatment of dysfunction caused by injuries to the soft tissue and muscles/skeleton . Treatment shall consist of therapeutic exercises, education and other modalities, such as the therapeutic use of heat, light, water, electricity, massage & more.

Blind Spots
The back corner of the car never moves. It always stays in the same exact place. Mirrors are unable to show this spot. This back area is known as blind spot

Interrogatories
Written questions developed by one party's attorney for the opposing party.

Triangulation
Technique for scene documentation where items of evidence are located by measuring the distance between two (2) reference points.

Cause of action
A legal claim. Certificate under penalty of perjury - A written statement, certified by the maker as being under penalty of perjury.

Impending Skidmarks
Also known as shadow skidmarks are small fragments of rubber, ground or scraped from the tire, at the tire and roadway interface, as the rotating tire slows to a locked position.

Collision Scrub
Occurs during a traffic collision when the downward and rotating forces cause a smearing of tire material on the road surface.

Tire Problems
Under-inflation, the most frequent cause of tire failure, is considered the main culprit in the recent Firestone tire-failure fatalities. Uneven or worn-out tires are the next most serious problem and can also lead to tire failure.

Failure to yield the right of way
Can be when you proceed forward while disregarding right of way signs or signals for other cars. You may not be the car that is sopossed to go forward.

Comparative negligence
Negligence of a plaintiff in a civil suit which decreases his recovery by his percentage of negligence compared to a defendant's negligence.

 

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Did You Know?    
 
 
Blood Alcohol Concentration is a major cause of fatal crashes
The BAC is measured as a percentage by weight of alcohol in the blood (grams/deciliter). A positive BAC level (0.01 g/dl and higher) indicates that alcohol was consumed by the person tested. A BAC level of 0.10 g/dl or more indicates that the person was intoxicated.

 


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Accident Terms

 
 


Today's Terms

Blind Spots

Definition:
The back corner of the car never moves. It always stays in the same exact place. Mirrors are unable to show this spot. This back area is known as blind spot

Advanced Frontal Airbags

Definition:
Advanced frontal air bags are designed to meet the needs of the occupant in a variety of specific crash situations. Depending on design, advanced frontal air bag systems automatically determine if and with what level of power the driver frontal air bag and the passenger frontal air bag will inflate.

Misdemeanor

Definition:
Criminal offenses less than felonies; generally those punishable by fine or imprisonment of less than 90 days in a local facility.

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Accident Hot Topics

 
Topics Related to Accidents:

  • Head Injury
  • Traumatic Brain Injury
  • Neck Injury
  • Spinal Cord Injury
  • Severed Limb

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  • Buckeye
  • Bullhead City
  • Casa Grande
  • Cave Creek
  • Chandler
  • Chino Valley
  • Cottonwood
  • Douglas
  • Flagstaff
  • Florence
  • Fountain Hills
  • Gilbert
  • Glendale
  • Green Valley
  • Kingman
  • Lake Havasu City
  • Mesa
  • Nogales
  • Paradise Valley
  • Payson
  • Peoria
  • Phoenix
  • Prescott Valley
  • Safford
  • Scottsdale
  • Sierra Vista
  • Somerton
  • Sun City
  • Sun City West
  • Surprise
  • Tempe
  • Tucson
  • Yuma


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