Valley Technical Services

Long day trip became Take Your Doggie to Work Day.

Best time to map a large intersection? Early Sunday morning!

Nice day to be mapping just outside of New Orleans!

You never know what you will run across when working a crash scene in a new location. Today we met this fine fellow!

Day 1 of a Tire Forensics class by TJ Tennent hosted by NAPARS in Chattanooga, TN. Current President Tommy Sturdivan and both past NAPARS Presidents Chuck Veppert and John Meserve with TJ.

Inspecting vehicles in WY.

Another truck inspection today!

Sometimes just a picture is needed to explain how a crash occurred....

EDRs in modern vehicles are designed to withstand the tremendous forces in a crash and survive to tell us a bit about what happened... at least for most crashes. But sometimes the forces are so severe that the EDR itself is damaged and communication is not possible. The next step is a 'chip swap", transferring the small memory chip from the damaged EDR to an undamaged exemplar. Tedious work but the only way to get at the important data.

In Charlotte NC for a week long class on Heavy Vehicle Event Data Recorders (Hvedr). Most heavy trucks have an EDR that can record data in the event of a crash. As valuable as that data may be, the process of accessing that information is not easy or straightforward. It also requires some expensive software and connectivity cables.

As valuable as the training was, the contacts and friends I made in the industry is invaluable.