Potentialities and Limits in the Evaluation of Tachograph Charts

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Main author

Halonbrenner, R.

Co-Authors

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Type of media

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Publication type

Lecture

Publication year

2000

Publisher

9. EVU-Jahrestagung, Berlin 2000

Citation

Halonbrenner, R.: Möglichkeiten und Grenzen der Auswertung von Fahrtenschreiber-Diagrammscheiben. 9. EVU-Jahrestagung, Berlin 2000

Tachograph Chart Recording

German, 18 pages, 3 figures, 5 references
Keywords: tachograph

Tachograph recordings are an important tool for accident reconstruction. In contrast to eye witness accounts, they are objective evidence and cannot be replaced by theoretical hypotheses. The scientific service of the Zurich police service has been evaluating recordings of all sorts of tachographs for more than 30 years. This paper presents the insights gained in these years of experience, presenting the potential as well as the limitations of the evuluations. Despite these constraints, the evaluation of tachograph charts usually yields very precise results about the motion of the vehicle just before the accident.