BALESTRA: Innovative T est Method Innovative T est Method So Mauro Balestra and his consulting engineers at “Balestra CSR-Centro Studi e Ricerca” developed an innovative method of accident diagnosis, in which a test vehicle is ?tted with sensors, to analyze the driver’s reactions during a braking maneuver under real tra?c conditions. A camera records the movements of the motorist’s face muscles. The pictures taken by the camera are then compared with a variety of measurement data (such as speed, steering wheel position, gas pedal position, pedal brake force, ABS sequence, distance traveled, delay, etc.). With this test setup, it is possible to measure and analyze the “Perception-Reaction Time” (PRT) of the vehicle driver in di?erent dangerous situations on the road. In other words, Mauro B

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