RICHARD E CORBETT, M.S.

Bicycle Expert Witness and Reconstructionist

 

Tucson Arizona

 

Phone: 520-623-0017

Fax:     520-903-9599

E-mail: kc7ovm@dakotacom.net

Website: www.RECAssociates.net

 

Information about Richard Corbett, Bicycle Expert Witness and Reconstructionist:

·        Bicycle Expert Witness since 1987 – I have testified at several court trials, rendered many opinions, and had my deposition taken many times.

·        Bicycle Reconstructionist (since 1988); Member of the Forensic Expert Witness Association, (www.Forensic.org )

·        Appointed Member of the Governor’s Arizona Bicycle Task Force (1986 to 1996); Chair of the Task Force 1995 and 1996

·        Appointed member of the Tucson Pima Bicycle Advisory Committee (TPBAC) since 1981 (still a member).

·        Current Chair of the Education & Outreach Subcommittee of the TPBAC

·        Member of the Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals (www.APBP.org)

·        League of American Bicyclists (LAB) Certified Master Cycling Instructor No. 129 – C., K.

·        Taught cycling courses (both Riding and Mechanical) at Pima Community College (Tucson) for 22 years.

·        Everyday bicycle commuter for 36 years; total cycling experience more than 186,000 miles (since 1971)

·        Full member of the Institute of Traffic Engineers, and past President of the Southern Arizona Chapter of the Institute of Traffic Engineers

·        Certified Professional Planner (A.I.C.P.) American Planning Association (Original Charter Member No. 2862)

·        Regional Bicycle Program Manager for 25 + years at the Regional Transportation Planning agency.

 

Richard can:

·        Reconstruct a bicycle crash from physical evidence

·        Visualize the sequence of a bicycle crash

·        Explain how to bicycle safely in traffic (especially urban)

·        Can fix on-road bicycle mechanical problems, plus many other bicycle skills!

 

Forensic Expert Witness Association Chapter: Phoenix Arizona

More Detail about Richard Corbett, Bicycle Expert Witness and Reconstructionist:

 

Richard’s qualifications as a Bicycling Expert and Reconstructionist include more than 33 years professional experience in bicycle program/facility planning; 25 years Certification as an League of American Bicyclists Master Cycling Instructor; 36 years experience as an adult bicycle commuter; 40 years experience as a recreational club cyclist; and 27 years experience as an active bicycle educator, seven as Chairman of the Education and Law Enforcement Committee of the Governor's Arizona Bicycle Task Force. He was the Task Force's Chief Trainer for nine years, and served as its Chairman in 1996 & 1997.

   

Richard was an instructor for bicycling courses at Pima Community College for 21 years, and is certified as a Master Bicycling Instructor (Certificate No. 129-CK) under the national certification program administered by the League of American Bicyclists (LAB). He is a certified Senior Regional Trainer (of Instructors) for LAB.

 

He served on a small, national curriculum review group for the LAB, and in 1998 was chosen as the final Editor for the LAB Effective Cycling TM Road II curriculum and text. He was Chairman of the League's National Committee on Cycling Education for three years, 1990 through 1993, and was Advisor for Bicycling Instructors, trainees, and Instructor prospects in Arizona and New Mexico for eight years. Richard has trained over 880 teachers, police officers, instructor candidates, and community volunteers in methods of bicycle safety instruction since 1987. He also trained police officers for bicycle-mounted patrol work beginning in 1989.

    

As PAG’s Regional Bicycle Coordinator, he authored five editions of the Tucson Regional Plan for Bicycling, one of which received national recognition from the Bicycle Federation of America for its state-of-the-art approach to bicycle accommodation. He also authored five editions of the Tucson Region Bikeways and Bikeable Streets Map. Other mapmakers around the Country used this map as a model.

   

Richard is recognized as one of the leading authorities in Arizona on traffic law as it applies to bicyclists. He has attended specialized training courses and seminars at national and regional conferences, and has studied carefully the leading works in the field of bicycle crash analysis. He has worked almost equally for plaintiffs and defendants.

   

He completed 34 years as a Professional Transportation Planner (the first 25 years with the Arizona Department of Transportation.  Richard is a Charter Member of the American Institute of Certified Planners, a Member (and past Chapter President) of the Institute of Transportation Engineers, and a Member of the Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals.