Bicycle Accident Reconstruction
As a Forensic Engineer, Dr. Jacobson has reviewed many varieties of bicycle accidents and injuries that resulted. This has involved examination of local environmental causes, the design and failure of bicycles, interactions with pedestrians and motor vehicles and specific rider behavior.
As a Forensic Engineer, Dr. Jacobson has reviewed many varieties of bicycle accidents and injuries. This involved the examination of local environmental causes, the design and failure of bicycles, interactions with pedestrians and motor vehicles, and specific rider behavior
Dr. Jacobson has been involved in many aspects of bicycling over his lifetime. in his early life, he used a bicycle for delivery services and continued on as a commuter into his college years.
He is a charter member of the Cascade Bicycle Club and the original organizer of many major recreational bicycle rides in the Pacific Northwest. He has been the primary organizer of local competitive cycling events. While active as an official of competitive cycling, he has had experience participating in events from National and World Championships, Goodwill games as well as many local events.
- Analysis of bicycle accidents
- Biomechanics of rider behavior
- Impact injury tolerance
- Analysis of bicycle motion
- Examination of failed bicycle components
- Organizer of bicycle events; recreational and competitive
- Bicycle Official since 1982