Rudy Degger and Associates offer quality and comprehensive traffic accident analysis and accident reconstruction, supporting our conclusions with expert witness testimony.

Rudy Degger, ACTAR has been investigating traffic accidents since 1978. He has qualified as an expert regarding traffic accident reconstruction in twenty-one different California Counties. His expertise includes the reconstruction of auto-pedestrian, bicycle, motorcycle, speed-from-crush, commercial vehicle, and low-speed impact collisions.

Mr. Degger is accredited by ACTAR and is the owner of Rudy Degger & Associates, Inc., which specializes in the reconstruction of traffic accidents. He is a retired police sergeant from a San Francisco Bay Area police department. He is an adjunct faculty member at Los Medanos College, Sacramento City College, and formerly, the University of California at Riverside, teaching all levels of accident investigation and accident reconstruction at those institutions. In addition, Mr. Degger has been a guest lecturer and has taught accident reconstruction at various police departments, professional organizations, insurance companies, municipal bus and transit districts and law firms. Past audiences have included: Northern California Fraud Investigators Association, Northwestern University Traffic Institute, Consortium of Accident Reconstruction Specialists, Litigation Committee of the Barristers Club of the San Francisco Bar Association, California Association of Accident Reconstruction Specialists, California Chiropractic Association, American Corporate Council Association, Forensic Accident Reconstructionists of Oregon, Southwestern Association of Technical Accident Investigators, and Alameda-Contra Costa County Transit District.

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Chris Kauderer, BSME, ACTAR, in addition to having an Engineering Degree from Santa Clara University, has been awarded Full Accreditation as a Traffic Accident Reconstructionist by the Accreditation Commission for Traffic Accident Reconstruction (ACTAR #1070).

Chris Kauderer has 20+ years in the Traffic Accident Reconstruction Business. Upon graduating from college, Mr. Kauderer went to work in private practice for his father, retired CHP MAIT Team Member, David J. Kauderer. After 13 years reconstructing traffic accidents with his father at D.J. Kauderer & Associates, Inc., Chris Kauderer formed his own consulting firm, Kauderer & Associates. In April 2003 Kauderer & Associates and Rudy Degger & Associates joined forces and currently work under the RDA name.

Chris Kauderer has reconstructed approximately 2000 accidents and has testified as an acknowledged Traffic Accident Reconstruction Expert numerous times at trial, depositions, and hearings in criminal, civil, traffic, and disciplinary proceedings in Superior and Municipal Courts of California.

Chris Kauderer currently is a part-time instructor for the Law Enforcement Training Division of the Office of the Sheriff of Contra Costa County, in conjunction with Los Medanos Junior College. Mr Kauderer instructs both law enforcement and private parties in various areas and levels of accident investigation and reconstruction.

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Kent E. Boots, ACTAR has 15+ years of experience in Traffic Collision Investigation and Reconstruction, 14 of which were as an on-scene investigator for a major California Sheriff's Department.  He has qualified and testified numerous times as an expert in traffic collision reconstruction at trial and depositions in criminal, civil, and traffic proceedings in Superior and Municipal Courts of California.

In his Law Enforcement capacity Mr. Boots reviewed and approved over 4500 traffic collision reports for numerous law enforcement contract cities.  He participated in his department's Major Accident Reconstruction Team as an A.C.T.A.R. accredited reconstructionist from October of 1998 until his retirement in 2006.  He also provided consultation for other law enforcement agencies and the District Attorney's Office, conducting and/or assisting with collision reconstructions.

He was a part-time instructor for Santa Ana City College for over five years teaching Basic and Intermediate Collision Investigation.  He is an adjunct faculty member for Riverside Community College, where he has taught Basic, Intermediate, and Advanced Collision Investigation as well as Computer Aided Diagramming using AutoSketch, but is not currently teaching any classes at this location.    He is also a part-time instructor for the Law Enforcement Training Division of the Office of the Sheriff of Contra Costa County teaching all levels of collision investigation & reconstruction including Computer Aided Diagramming using AutoSketch and CrashZone/CrimeZone.  He is certified by CAD Zone as an instructor in CrashZone/CrimeZone, FireZone, PocketZone, and QuickScene.  He is certified by the Vetronix Corporation as a trainer for the Crash Data Retrieval System Technician Course.

Mr. Boots is a member of the California Association of Accident Reconstruction Specialists (CAARS).  He has been on the CAARS board of directors since October of 2001 serving as the Vice-Chair from 2002-2006; he is currently the Chairperson.  He is also a member of the Professional Society of Forensic Mapping (PSFM), the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE), and the Southwestern Association of Technical Accident Investigators (SATAI).

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