The statistics associated with truck accidents and faulty brakes are startling. Faulty brakes contribute to one third of truck-caused crashes. Understanding the similarities and differences between vehicle accident investigations involving passenger cars vs. trucks (heavy/tractor-trailer) is critical for adjusters to determine responsibility. One of the main differences is their braking systems and how an engineer calculates speeds. As an adjuster handling vehicle accidents, you know all to well things are not always what they appear. This course will give you tips and show examples of situations that you are likely to encounter where things are not what they appear to be. The course will highlight how automobile hydraulic and antilock braking systems along with commercial vehicle braking systems work and how to perform a braking system failure analysis. Instruction will introduce some of the commercial vehicle reconstruction issues and how they differ with automobile collision reconstruction. This course is approved for three CEU hours.