"Doug Ramage" <doug-ramage@lineone.net> wrote in message news:<bd83ff$q17ns$1@ID-34015.news.dfncis.de>...
> "C.R. Krieger" <warp2_shadow@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> >
> > I don't know how it is where you are, but the *last* thing I'd ever
> > expect to see one of those morons (known as 'insurance adjusters'
> > here) checking is tire pressures. You rashly assume much more
> > expertise in traffic crash investigation than there really is. While
> > I suppose the tire pressure data from the Lady Di case or Ayrton
> > Senna's last ride might be available, I'd seriously doubt there are
> > even a dozen such cases in the US.
> > --
> > C.R. Krieger
> > (0.75 G every day - every way)
>
> But it might form part of a police accident report in serious cases?

Only in the most *unusual* circumstances. I've corresponded here in
Usenet with one of the better police experts and I was stunned to find
that he used a *standard* weighted 'drag block' to determine
coefficient of friction on various surfaces. It had a rubber compound
good for about 0.75G. His speed calculations would therefore be
wildly incorrect for something carrying the kind of 'gumballs' I've
run in the past.

You could *probably* find out just about anything you wanted to about
the circumstances of a given crash - if you could afford it.
--
C.R. Krieger
(Been there; didn't crash)