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April 4, 2014 By VDI Team Leave a Comment

You May Never Need It, Until You Desperately Need It…

A simple, effective, inexpensive tool that may save your – or someone else’s – life. What more can you ask for? In our humble opinion, there is no reason why every driver doesn’t have one of these in every car they drive. After all, the last thing you want going through your mind in an […]

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April 4, 2014 By VDI Team Leave a Comment

Technology – Security – Tesla Hacking

While there is more and more being put out there for all to see (including our adversaries) about the vulnerability of some of these systems, to date not nearly as much information has been put out regarding strategies for preventing or protecting against such threats. For now, awareness of the risks and vulnerabilities of these […]

Filed Under: driving Tagged With: Joe Autera, Larry Side, Vehicle Dynamics Institute, Vehicle hacking

March 30, 2014 By VDI Team Leave a Comment

Escaping The Kill Zone – What Is Good? by Joe Autera – Larry Side & Tony Scotti

A while back we wrote a small article titled “You Can’t Be Average”; the article got a great deal of response, and one of the most asked questions was – OK, when talking about driving and Escaping The Kill Zone, (ETKZ) if not “Average” then  “What is good”. To answer the question we go to […]

Filed Under: driving Tagged With: Driver training, Joe Autera, Larry Side

March 14, 2014 By VDI Team 2 Comments

A special edition of “Professional Driving Techniques”

This is a special edition of the book used in our training programs, “Professional Driving Techniques”. The comments on the back are of interest: You wouldn’t allow the security professional to carry a gun without first measuring their ability to use it: so why would you let that same person drive if you don’t measure […]

Filed Under: driving, training Tagged With: Driver training, Professional Driving Techniques, Vehicle Dynamics Institute

March 8, 2014 By VDI Team Leave a Comment

Line of Sight and Security Driving

We have all had the experience of driving on a major highway and running into stop and go traffic, the first thought you have is that there must be an accident just over the hill or around the bend. But when you get to the top of the hill or around the bend the traffic […]

Filed Under: driving, training Tagged With: Driver training, Joe Autera, Larry Side, VDI

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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.

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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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