Steve Irwin

I don't know if we've ever met after all this time.

I don't know if we've ever met after all this time.

So like this damage on the front, that jumps off the page, even to a team that's been doing it this long. That's the impact. Everything else has to serve that. There's no doubt about that. That's the best evidence we have.

So like this damage on the front, that jumps off the page, even to a team that's been doing it this long. That's the impact. Everything else has to serve that. There's no doubt about that. That's the best evidence we have.

The damage on the front of the vehicle tells a tale that cannot change.

The damage on the front of the vehicle tells a tale that cannot change.

It's kind of easiest to look at the tire marks first.

It's kind of easiest to look at the tire marks first.

A couple things about those marks. There's photographs of them. They aren't great. If these were photographs today, we'd take 50 of them and we'd march right down those tire marks and we'd record what's there.

A couple things about those marks. There's photographs of them. They aren't great. If these were photographs today, we'd take 50 of them and we'd march right down those tire marks and we'd record what's there.

That is, a steer to the right would provide the vehicle position at impact to create the rotation we see for the vehicle, the front of the vehicle pointing at the roadway.

That is, a steer to the right would provide the vehicle position at impact to create the rotation we see for the vehicle, the front of the vehicle pointing at the roadway.

Under the presumption that she left the road at 55 miles an hour, then right now the evidence is very strong that she goes over the wall at about 30. And it's not the kind of deceleration that she would achieve if she just took her foot off the throttle.

Under the presumption that she left the road at 55 miles an hour, then right now the evidence is very strong that she goes over the wall at about 30. And it's not the kind of deceleration that she would achieve if she just took her foot off the throttle.

If she slowed from 55 to 30, there's brake pressure. And the 255 feet is plenty for her to get that done.

If she slowed from 55 to 30, there's brake pressure. And the 255 feet is plenty for her to get that done.

There's not evidence here that would say Ms. Silkwood was asleep all the way to that headwall. I don't find support for that in the work that I've been able to do. Quite the opposite, it feels like this idea of braking and steering feels pretty well supported by the evidence that we're confident in.

There's not evidence here that would say Ms. Silkwood was asleep all the way to that headwall. I don't find support for that in the work that I've been able to do. Quite the opposite, it feels like this idea of braking and steering feels pretty well supported by the evidence that we're confident in.

The ground can wake her up, right? It's the change in surface as you get off-road. But the idea that she was asleep at the switch the whole way, I don't think is supported by the evidence. And remember, it's the best evidence we have.

The ground can wake her up, right? It's the change in surface as you get off-road. But the idea that she was asleep at the switch the whole way, I don't think is supported by the evidence. And remember, it's the best evidence we have.