Answer to Question #189291 in Law for will

Question

Guide To Calculating Speed:

A car skids to 40 feet to a stop, how fast it was when it hit the breaks?

What crime scenes might involve skid marks as evidence?

Answer 1

Assuming the drag factor is 0.5, and For each rear wheel that does not leave a skid mark, subtract 30 percent. Thus the speed is equal to the square root of the product 40 ft * 30*0.5= 24.49,ph

Crime Scenes That Might Involve Skid Marks As Evidence?

·        Outdoor Crime Scenes: Is the most vulnerable to loss, contamination and damaging effects on biological evidence in a short period of time. Individuals with access to the scene can potentially alter, destroy or contaminate evidence.

·        Conveyance Crime Scenes : Crimes involving use of vehicle for transport, for example grand theft, and car theft