BATHURST '98

      Mount Panorama, Bathurst- 3, 4 & 5 April 1998
       
      The NSW Region of ASPACI held a weekend meeting (conference) at Bathurst in April 1998.  This was first country meeting of the group and the first organised field activities since 1993. The conference was based at the Professional Development Centre of Charles Sturt University at the base of Mount Panorama, Bathurst.
       
      The conference was well attended with 25 participants, including some country solicitors.  Technical activities included a demonstration of airbag deployment (Bathurst TAFE), inspection of Mount Panorama racing circuit and the Hall of Fame racing museum, tour of the Land Information Centre (mapping, GPS, photogrammetry).  Field activities were carried out on the Mount Panorama circuit and in the grounds of Charles Sturt University.  These included testing of driver reaction time, brake lag, pedestrian running speeds, and linear measurement equipment comparison.  There were also two technical presentations titled 'Computer Simulation of Motor Vehicle Accidents' and '3D Computer Animation of Motor Vehicle Accidents' by Alan and Andrew Brown. 
       

      ASPACI NSW - Class of 98 
      Bathurst '98 - Class Photo
      Pictured L-R: Mark George; Allan Bird; Russell Mills; Andrew Brown; 
      Trevor Care; Robert Ibanez; Craig Donivan; Pam Vaughan; 
      Roger Stuart-Smith; Rod Vaughan; Geoff Casey; Egon Meinhardt; 
      Jim Lake; Peter Gilbert; Alex Churches; John Tindall; 
      Lisa Adams; Bill Yandell; Colin Wingrove; Alan Brown; Bob Hall.  
       
      Tom Fallow (Bathurst TAFE)
       Tom organised the deployment of a Commodore airbag. 
      Pictured here in front of a mockup of the Commodore dual airbag system.
       There she blows
      If you blinked then you would have missed it.
      This photo is just after the airbag reached full inflation (3ms).
      Peak noise level on the back seat of the Commodore was 
      measured at 118.9dB with all the widows open.
      These images are captured from the TAFE video of the demonstration.
      (there is 0.04 seconds between each image)
       
      A video sequence from the 'surprise' driver reaction test.
      (the driver will remain un-named)

       
      We were just driving along, all innocent like when ....  
        
       
      ..... this box appeared ......... onto the roadway .......... and the driver braked.  
        
       
       We stopped, the driver turned to where the box came from ..... 
        
       
       finding Alan hidden behind a wall the driver said "#%^&@!#*&!*^*$%"  
      or some congratulatory words to that effect <grin>. 
        

       
      Test Data:  as data from the testing carried out during the conference becomes available, it will be posted below.
      So far the following data has been collated into a form that can be published.
      (NB. Individual names have been omitted for reasons of privacy.)
       
        • Driver reaction time tests (Download MS Excel spreadsheet)
        • Sample VDO data recorder output ( View image files)
        • Linear distance measurement comparison (Download MS Excel spreadsheet)
        • Pedestrian running speed test (Download MS Excel spreadsheet)
       
       
      Credits: The conference was organised by Alan and Andrew Brown of Civil & Forensic, Bathurst.  They wish to thank those that assisted in the organisation of the event, including Tom Fallow (Bathurst TAFE - who organised the air bag deployment and assisted with the 'surprise' driver reaction tests); Neil Allen (City Engineer, Bathurst City Council - who conducted inspection of Mount Panorama racing circuit and provided partial road closure of Pit Straight for testing); Keith Haddon (Land Information Centre, Keith and staff provided an after hours tour of the facility); Egon Meinhardt (VDO Australia, who provided an instrumented vehicle for testing and hours of downloading and analysis) and all the conference participants.
       
       

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      Last modified on 19 September 2007 by Andrew Brown