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• Counterfeit Airbags! 2 hour Zoom with Thomas - 19 July 2024

  • When
    19 Jul 2024
  •  
    12:00 - 14:00
  • Location
    Worldwide via Zoom
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  Counterfeit Airbags!  2 hours with Thomas Nichols
  DATE: Friday, 19 July 2024
  TIME: 12 noon - 2 pm EDT (GMT-4)
  COST: Free for NAPARS members;  $5 for non-members
  ACTAR: This event will be submitted for CEU consideration by ACTAR.
  

  Attendees will be able to request an attendance certificate during the show.

  SUMMARY:

  We will have Thomas Nichols from GM in to discuss the problem with counterfeit airbags. The agenda includes:
  

       1) Known Cases
       2) Composition and Performance of Genuine OEM Airbags
       3) Lab analysis of Counterfeit airbags and their deployment
       4) How to identify counterfeit airbags
       5) Resources & Support

  When Thomas is finished, I will fill the remaining time with a discussion of how the system decides whether or not to fire an airbag:

  -It is a Predictive system - attempting to determine what's about to happen in the next 150ms based on the early part of the event

  -Acceleration Rate of Change is called JERK

  -Seatbelt status is (probably) taken into account

  -The idea that "bags deploy at some speed change" is WRONG...but here's why it got talked about that way.

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• Heavy Vehicle Event Data Recorders

  • Start
    23 Sep 2024
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    08:00
  • End
    26 Sep 2024
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    17:00
  • Location
    Savannah GA
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  We are pleased to announce final training of 2024 hosted by NAPARS:

  Heavy Vehicle Event Data Recorder (HVEDR) Use in Traffic Crash Investigation Analyst Training, by Forensic Training Group (https://forensictraininggroup.com/)
  

  This four-day training offers further training into the history, development, and function of heavy vehicle digital forensics. The investigator’s expanded interpretation skills will assist in the completion of a situation-based crash reconstruction.  Topics include:  

  • Best practices used to access and document HVEDR data,
  • HVEDR Data Available on Heavy Trucks,
  • Use of OEM software/adapters,
  • Use of the Synercon Forensic Link Adapter and TruckCRYPT software,
  • Validation Testing  
  • Case Analysis

  • Outside testing on Tuesday or Wednesday, half day, be prepared for dirty work!
    

  Eligible for ACTAR credits

  Location: Training facility for Savannah Police Department, 3401 Edwin Street, Savannah GA
  

  September 23-26 ( Monday thru Thursday), 8-5 every day.
  

  Cost: $500 for NAPARS members, $750 non-members

  Attendees will be on their own for lunch.

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• 2025 Symposium on EDR Research and Testing

  • Start
    22 Apr 2025
  • End
    24 Apr 2025
  • Location
    Newport Beach, CA

  NAPARS and CA²RS are teaming up to host the
  

  2025 Symposium on EDR Research and Testing

  We'll be at the Hyatt Regency in Newport Beach, CA

  Mark your calendar.

  More details on speakers as they come available.

  We'll open up registration in a few months.
  

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• 2025 Joint Conference, hosted by NYSTARS

  • Start
    22 Oct 2025
  • End
    24 Oct 2025
  • Location
    Lake George, NY

  The New York State Traffic Accident Reconstruction Specialists will be hosting the 2025 Joint Conference in the Lake George NY area.

  https://nystars.org/joint-conferences
  

  Venue: Fort William Henry Resort

  
  

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