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February 22, 2014 By VDI Team 3 Comments

Our responsibilities to the young and unaware! – By Larry Side

This article is in response to the many calls and conversations I’ve had over the years with the driving public. It revolves around the question of what vehicle should a young driver be driving. One of the first things that come to mind is what can you afford?  The truth is don’t buy a vehicle […]

Filed Under: driving, training Tagged With: Larry Side, Teenage Driving, Vehicle Dynamics Institute

February 13, 2014 By VDI Team 2 Comments

“Taking the Show on the Road” – Mobile Training

This is an interesting read that highlights just one of the many challenges of “taking the show on the road.” Racing to the race: How teams outran the weather to Daytona http://msn.foxsports.com/nascar/story/racing-to-the-race-how-teams-outran-the-weather-to-daytona-021214 We have had the distinct pleasure of meeting and training with thousands of students around the world in our mobile training courses, a tradition […]

Filed Under: driving, training Tagged With: Driver training, Mobile training, VDI

February 12, 2014 By VDI Team Leave a Comment

SUV’s – Why You May Drive Fast

In his book Traffic, Tom Vanderbilt discusses why drivers unknowingly drive faster than they think they are. The information was taken from two studies. The Driver’s Eye Height A study was conducted to assess drivers’ chosen speed when they operated a simulated vehicle while viewing the road from a low eye height and a high […]

Filed Under: training Tagged With: Driver training, SUV's

February 6, 2014 By VDI Team 1 Comment

Cross-Border Gang Trained By Mexico’s Zetas Cartel – Taught to kill people traveling inside vehicles

By Joe Autera Interesting read, particularly the last sentence of the second paragraph “…where among other methods they were taught to kill people traveling inside vehicles”. While there are some within the EP field who are quick to debate the value of some older case studies (Herrhausen, Schleyer, Moro) its worth noting that those attacks […]

Filed Under: training Tagged With: Mexico Cartel, VDI, Vehicle Ambush

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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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