Need a Crash Reconstructed?

[tcrashfx]

OK, a little self aggrandizing free plug. I am the freakin' moderator here, after all, so I get to make the rulz!

For now.

So, while I got the chance, if you need a crash reconstructed, at a very reasonable rate, check us out. We do not do criminal defense work. (It's a cop thing.)

Check us out here:

chattanoogacrash.com/

Did I mention that the site looks professional? Thanks to Poole!

[Kordax]

IMPRESSIVE!

[tcrashfx]

Why, thanks. The webmaster extraordinaire deverses all the credit!

You should have seen our last one. Talk about the epitome of cheesy!

BTW, check your In-box for a message from me.

[daworm]

Typical Poole website... if you run any higher resolution than "Archaic" then you have tons of dead space along the sides and at the bottom. Dead space in this case that looks like state trooper brown (or another substance not mentionable in polite company). Yuck. ;D ;D

[Gary]

> if you run any higher resolution than "Archaic"

You mean, like the majority of web users still do?

I wish I could build everything on a wider scale than 800, but there are still far too many people who still have their monitors set at that level.

[daworm]

How about designing pages that fit the screen size, no matter the screen size. It isn't -that- hard. We're using one right now (although the message composition screen could certainly use a little work). Yeah, I know, you want each and every letter to have a place and be in that place... PPPpbbbbbbtttt!!!!!

[Gary]

I dislike scalability in sites like these. It's simply a matter of taste and presentation. The vast majority of business websites are not scalable, either.

[xterragirl]

Joe Warren is one of the nicest guys! That Mark Kimsey guy isn't half bad either!

[tcrashfx]

Thanks XG!

I kinda like the website. We are still tweakin' it, but I am very happy with it.

Since the "Other side" always looks at your website, plain jane (No bells and whistles) is the way to go in our business.

[Gary]

And for those enterting late, Worm and I have been arguing about scalability since the dawn of the computer era.

And wait till Justin gets here with his "it doesn't meet standards" comments.

[daworm]

The vast majority of business websites are not scalable, either.

Yeah, they are all flash animation and even worse. Although I can't say how the presentation is better when 60% of your most tech savvy viewer's screens are empty space.


(P.S. For anyone else reading this, I just like yanking Gary's chain on occasion. The web site is fine.)

[Gary]

> Yeah, they are all flash animation and even worse.

You must have missed my use of Flash on the site, then.

[daworm]

Flash is evil. Just think of how fast the net would be without Flash and Bittorrent eating all of that bandwidth.

[erinslion]

Some of us who can't afford monthly newsgroup memberships are rather fond of Bittorrent...

[Babs]

About 25 years ago, I lived next door to Scott and his family in Red Bank. He was just a little boy!

[Jay]

I like the web site My resolution is 1024x768 and I think it still looks good

~J

[Longshot! [ Saint ]]

Goddammit, Gary--break the para-diggem!

_______


Personally, I liked the site! Simple, solid, intuitive. Regardless of resolution. Stellar staff, also--I know 80% of them personally, and I'd breath a sigh of relief if any of them were working my case.

While I didn't see him listed in the Team, judging by the name and the photo I assume (ERPD) Reed is the Mixmaster. Besides being a reconstructionist, I also have a special place in my heart for him regarding how to NOT treat people--one of only three folks from my pre-po-po days that I think about nearly every time I work, he was such an unprovoked shitbag to me. It's been at least 12--maybe 14--years since then, and I still have a 'Thing' going. But the bright side is that he is good at reconstructing wrecks, and I have treated a thousand people with more decency because of him.


_{(...If anyone else is curious as to how I really feel, do not hesitate.)}

[voxpopuli]

Over on that "other forum" this website is presented as prime evidence that Gary is financially in the pocket of TCrashfx, thus explaining why several idiots were banned from this forum.

Of course, it has to be a conspiracy. Not one of them would ever admit they got the boot for being stupid fucking assholes.

Out of curiosity, Tcrashfx, what is the going rate to bribe Gary these days? That looks like a pretty expensive website.

[Gary]

> Gary is financially in the pocket of TCrashfx

If that is the case, then I am also in the pocket of seven major churches, an auto dealership, a soft-drink bottler, several large real-estate companies, a book store, an industrial parts manufacturer, and so on and so forth.

Simply because the company I work for has done work for someone does not mean that I am beholden to their wishes. But then again, what else did you expect from that "other forum"?

And if they are all so upset about being banned, why are they still whining about it? Perhaps because they know deep down in their hearts that they were judged as being unacceptable for interaction with polite society.

This is not Vietnam, there are rules here, man!

[Kordax]

Let's say someone has a wreck & they're interested in protecting themselves from liability or they're interested in recovering from the person who hit them. How would this service help & what if the cars are removed from the scene?

[tcrashfx]

Kordax,

We do a lot of "check liability" work. Most of ours are serious injury (Life altering) or fatal crash cases. We are on retainer for several large companies and respond to their crash scenes within an hour.

Crashes that are not measured, to scale, or photographed are extremely difficult, but not impossible, to reconstruct. The fresher the evidence the more accurate the reconstruction.

We do little, if any "soft tissue" injury crashes or low speed crashes. We leave that to less moral "experts". We have declined to work several cases where we felt we were being "guided" towards an opinion. It is why we charge up front.

When firms, or people, hire us, they expect for us to give them the facts as accurately as possible, whether it helps them or hurts them. Any lawyer worth his salt wants to know the merits of the case, before they waste a minute of their time on it.

And if Poole has been in my pocket all this time, I have not felt even a twinge!

What a rip-off!

[rued]

Just curious tcrashfx... you've made no secret that you work for the local sheriff's department. Your degree/education in reconstruction which enables this side job; did that come from your pocket on personal time or the taxpayers pocket while you were on the clock? Great website by the way!

[tcrashfx]

The taxpayers have paid for most of my reconstruction training.

And the taxpayers use our side job equipment (that was all purchased by us) as they can't afford some of the equipment/software we must have to properly reconstruct a LE crash. I pay for all my certifications and Crash Association fees and dues ($782.00 per year) and I paid for my ACTAR certification application and testing (And travel to Jax, FL). I paid for all my reference material that we must have to stay on top of things.

I created the curriculum for the P.O.S.T certified Basic and Advanced Vehicular Homicide (80 hours each) certification classes, on my own time, and teach it to other LE, for free, which greatly benefits the taxpayers.

I created the curriculum for the P.O.S.T. certified "Forensic Mapping" (24 hours), on my own time, that I teach to other LE agencies.

I have paid the upgrade fees for our software that is used by the Department I work for.

I also consult with other LE agencies (And DAs) across the southeast US, on my own time and for free, regarding crash reconstruction/vehicular homicide cases.

I am on the faculty of the Tennessee District Attorney General Training Division staff and I teach "Crash Reconstruction for Prosecutors" and "Cops in Court" across Tennessee. On my own time and for free.

I was on the faculty of the Southeast Tennessee Law Enforcement Training Seminar 2 times and taught "Forensic Mapping" and "Crash Reconstruction" to 450+ LE officers and DAs, for free and on my own time.

Just to name a few things!

So, all in all, the taxpayers get a pretty good return on their investment.

[Gary]

> So, all in all, the taxpayers get a pretty good return on their investment.

But what about the motorcycle? Who paid for that sweet, sweet ride?

[rued]

> So, all in all, the taxpayers get a pretty good return on their investment.


Yes I suppose we are. And thank you for answering my questions; although I was not requesting an autobiography detailing your intelligence and life's accomplishments. I was just curious how a person as young as you could accomplish so many degrees while being a fulll time officer for the past 24 years without most of it being "on the job training". Not to mention the expense.

[Laura Rice]

rued said:

> So, all in all, the taxpayers get a pretty good return on their investment.


Yes I suppose we are. And thank you for answering my questions; although I was not requesting an autobiography detailing your intelligence and life's accomplishments. I was just curious how a person as young as you could accomplish so many degrees while being a fulll time officer for the past 24 years without most of it being "on the job training". Not to mention the expense.

[/u]

He NEVER sleeps just ask Mrs. Crash! LOL Bless her heart, I just love her!!

Laura

[tcrashfx]

although I was not requesting an autobiography detailing your intelligence and life's accomplishments

Those are not my "life's accomplishments" that matter. Just some of the professional stuff.

My real "life's accomplishments" are our three kids. Those are the ones that really count.

The intelligent one is my wife. I just happen to be good at what I do.

You ask a question, you get an answer.

He NEVER sleeps just ask Mrs. Crash! LOL Bless her heart, I just love her!!

Me too.

[tcrashfx]

BTW, thanks for the twin compliments of liking the website and the "person as young as you" thing.

You tryin' to butter me up or somethin'?

And the MC thing is sweet. It even has holes drilled in the saddle bags! (Inside MC Cop thing!)

[rued]

You tryin' to butter me up or somethin'?


Never! If and when I give compliments you can rest assured they are for real.

And yes, you are young to folks my age.

[Longshot! [ Saint ]]

And I for one appreciate the high road taken after an honest answer was given to what is usually an entrapping 'taxpayer' bit. Seriously.