However, the severity of the collision does not necessarily depict whether or not it will affect traffic congestion. Collisions blocking the roadway not only affect traffic congestion by their presence, but may add to congestion by the creation of a visual impediment causing motorists to rubberneck and unnecessarily slow the flow of traffic. Human nature takes over and our inquisitiveness gets the best of us. Collisions in one direction often times affect travel in both directions. A tire friction mark left on a roadway surface by a rotating or non-rotating tire that is sliding or slipping with respect to the surface.
Skid marks are important physical evidence gathered by investigators at collision scenes.
The length of these tire friction marks can often times be used to determine the estimated speed of the vehicle, at the time the tire friction mark was made. All Rights Reserved.