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Merrill J. Allen
Short Biography: P>Merrill J. Allen, O.D., Ph.D., (1918–2003) Professor Emeritus of Optometry of Indiana University, School of Optometry, Bloomington, Indiana, had been involved in vision research and teaching since 1941. He had over 200 publications and received 19 awards including the Research Medal Award from the British Optical Association (1970) and the Apollo Award from the American Optometric Association (1971).
He served as an expert witness in over 600 lawsuits, providing opinions on the role of visual factors and alcohol in the cause of motor vehicle accidents. He studied thousands of accident reports, performed accident reconstruction and studied other data in order to render his opinions.
Dr. Allen carried out government, industry and optometrically funded research projects and considered consulting on motor vehicle accidents to be attorney subsidized research. Many of his research publications were directed at improving motor vehicle safety by eliminating the design errors that kept showing up in accidents.
He believed that simple changes of the visual features of motor vehicles and the driving environment can reduce our accidents 80 percent or more and save over 30,000 lives per year.
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Forensic Vision: with Application to Highway Safety is your reference for accident cases with a vision component. While it does have a focus on the roadway environment, it is primarily about vision and the visual science that applies to analyzing all types of transportation accidents and non-transportation accidents such as auto accidents, pedestrian accidents, falls, medical errors, warnings, eyewitness identification, and more.
This new edition is divided into four sections for ease of use. The first three are: Basic Vision—the operation of normal vision; Clinical Vision—impairments of vision due to disease and aging; and Roadway Vision—factors affecting vision in the roadway environment. They cover the scientific aspects, including scientific background information and experimental and investigation design and methodology. You will also find this book to be practical in nature. The fourth section, Forensic Vision — application of the preceding material to accident analysis — and the "Forensic Vision Tool Kit" present extensive information on analyzing accident scenarios involving visibility as well as tips for use of pictorial evidence in the courtroom, techniques for testifying about vision in court, and more. It is filled with practical advice for professionals working on vision cases, and includes seven appendices with additional helpful information.
This book is also available as an eBook. Click here to purchase and download Forensic Vision: With Application to Highway Safety, Third Edition
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