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The Facts Behind Vehicle Accident Reconstruction

Approved for 1 hour in the Following States: GA, LA, TX, FL, NC

Overview
Provides an overview of vehicle accident reconstruction including basic elements of the reconstruction process, how it works, how to conduct a site inspection, resources used to provide additional information about the accident, use of crash data recorders, how to determine pre and post impact speeds, and the role of driver perception and reaction time.

Fuel System Contamination

Approved for 1 hour in the Following States: LA, TX

Overview
Provides an overview of fuel systems in today’s vehicles and how fuel system contamination can be introduced. It addresses the different fuel systems being manufactured today for diesel and gasoline vehicles and how to determine whether the contamination was from a single refueling event or occurred over time.

Fundamental Tire Understanding and Tire Failure Analysis

Approved for 1 hour in the Following States: LA, GA, TX

Overview
Provides background into tires and a cursory exposure to a variety of passenger, light truck and radial medium truck tires failures and additional insight to assist adjusters during claim adjusting efforts.

Minor Impact “CSI”: Let Physics Do the Work

Approved for 1 hour in the Following States: GA, LA, TX, NC, FL

Overview
Provides an overview of what vehicle accident reconstruction is, when it is used, what it can tell us and why it plays such an important role in determining what factors contributed to the loss.

Post Theft Evaluation and Transponder Systems

Approved for 1 hour in the Following States:  LA, TX (1.5 hrs), NC, GA

Overview
Provides an overview of post vehicle theft evaluations for today’s vehicles and transponder systems. The presentation will address the post theft vehicle evaluation beginning with the method used to gain entry into a vehicle, the bypass of the steering, transmission gear shift, and ignition lock mechanisms, examination of the key and lock wafers, and finally the transponder system.

Investigating Vehicle Fires

Approved for 1 hour in the Following States:  LA

Overview
Provides an overview of motor vehicle fire investigations for today’s vehicles.  The presentation will address safety concerns and the methods used during a vehicle fire examination.  Topics on determining the origin of the fire, ignition sources, and vehicle systems and their functions will be covered as well as common accidental fires and indicators for possible motive or owner involvement.

Vehicle Collision Reconstruction

Approved for 1 hour in the Following States:  LA

Overview
Provides an overview of vehicle collision reconstruction including basic elements of the reconstruction process, how it works, and what information can be obtained from the process.  The presentation will address important components of the site and vehicle inspections, other resources that can be used to provide additional information about the accident, use of crash data recorders, how to determine pre and post impact speeds, and the role of driver perception and reaction time.

Damage Consistency: What’s the Story?

Approved for 1 hour in the Following States: LA

Overview
The seminar provides information and guidance related to when and how to conduct a damage consistency investigation. It will outline when an investigation may be warranted and the method of conducting an investigation. It will also provide assists participants on how to obtain key elements needed to build a case and assess the evidence.

Low Speed Collision Evaluations

Approved for 1 hour: TX

Overview
The seminar provides an overview of vehicle accident reconstruction in minor impact cases including basic elements of the reconstruction process, information that can be obtained from the VAR process, and the consistency of damage & injury – how to compare the story of the event with data obtained. The role of biomechanical engineering will be addressed as well as the case studies that assess minor impact collisions.

Event Data Recorders: Building a Fact-Based Case

Approved for 1 hour: LA, TX

Overview
The seminar provides an overview of event data recorders for today’s vehicles. The presentation will address crash data recorder history, supported vehicles, type of data recorded, how the data is accessed, in what areas the data can help in assessing traffic accidents, permission required, and what types of commercial vehicles have EDR data.

Acquisition and Analysis of Infotainment System Data

Approved for 1 hour: LA, TX, FL

Overview
The seminar provides an overview of the Berla iVe system, provides instruction on how to operate the system, alerts participants to downloading variables as it relates to vehicles, and provides an overview of the data that is available. The course is designed to educate claims professionals on the uses of infotainment data and offer examples of how the data could be used in working accident reconstruction or cases involving fraud.

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