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April 28, 2020 By Vehicle Dynamics Leave a Comment

Guidelines for Cleaning, Disinfecting, and Sanitizing Executive Vehicles

Guidelines for Cleaning, Disinfecting, and Sanitizing Executive Vehicles

These guidelines are to provide professional security drivers and other protection practitioners with best practices for cleaning, sanitizing, and disinfecting executive vehicles in an effort to minimize the risk of exposure to contaminants for drivers and passengers.

Filed Under: vehicle Tagged With: cleaning a vehicle, covid-19, covid19, guidelines

February 7, 2020 By Joe Autera Leave a Comment

Addressing the Elephant in the Room

Elephant in the Room

Despite an ongoing technological revolution that demands a fundamental change in how practitioners train for and perform the tasks associated with this function, the approach taken by far too many in the field remains unchanged. While that may seem like a bold statement to some, the time has come to address the elephant in the room.

Filed Under: training Tagged With: ADAS, security driver training, security drivers

January 21, 2020 By Vehicle Dynamics Leave a Comment

VDI Rolls Out Night Driving Module in 2020!

VDI Night Driving Course Module

For many professional drivers and protectors, driving at night is not out of the ordinary. In fact, in many cases, it’s the rule as opposed to the exception. And while the combination of safety and security risks tends to make vehicle movements the highest risk activity the typical Principal is likely to engage in on […]

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January 3, 2019 By Vehicle Dynamics 1 Comment

The Time Has Come! VDI Transitions Training Fleet to Dodge Chargers

VDI Dodge Chargers - the Time has Come

Since VDI was founded in 2003, we have adhered to a very simple philosophy – provide students the highest value training opportunities possible. And we measure that value just as our predecessor, the Scotti School, did more than four decades ago – by how applicable our training is to each and every one our student’s everyday role and responsibilities. As forty plus years of driver training experience has shown, providing that value means evolving with both the times and automotive technology; for our students an added value of this evolution has always been more opportunities to succeed when and where it counts the most – out on the streets, where they earn their living managing the safety and security risks of those whom they are responsible for.

Filed Under: featured Tagged With: Advanced Driving, crown victoria, dodge chargers, police package, security driver, Security Driving

May 7, 2018 By Vehicle Dynamics Leave a Comment

Imitation is NOT Leadership; INNOVATION is Leadership

vdi-automated-traffic-scenario-simulator

In today’s world, where anyone can profess to be anything, words like “innovative” and “revolutionary” are second only to “best” and “leading provider” when it comes to those that are overused and misused in describing training courses and training providers.

But the reality is that imitation is not innovative, and regardless of how many times someone proclaims it, or how many different ways they try to say it, imitation is not leadership.

Filed Under: training Tagged With: ATSS, atss system, automated traffic scenario simulator, innovation

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Surveillance Detection a Practical Perspective

Surveillance Detection: a Practical Perspective

Recognizing that while the Solo Practitioner approach – where one protection practitioner is responsible for managing the wide range of risks their Principal may face – is not the optimum approach to doing so, it is in fact being effectively implemented far more often and successfully than many in the profession would care to admit, it’s worthwhile to take a closer look at the strategies and tactics which contribute to the effectiveness of the Solo Practitioner paradigm.

Welcome my friend to Karjackistan

Welcome, My Friend, to Karjackistan!

KarjackistanTM is a place where all of the challenges and hazards of driving on the mean streets of cities and towns around the world converge, from errant pedestrians to potential accidents and deliberate ambushes.

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