Here in the northeast, with winter comes the great debate over which drive system – All Wheel, Four Wheel, Front or Rear Wheel – is the best in the snow and ice. But it’s really a debate without a clear winner, as each of the four drive systems found on modern vehicles has its advantages and disadvantages.
I’ve Got All Season Tires So I’m Good…Right?
With today’s vehicles being far better equipped to keep their drivers and passengers safe, some folks have a tendency to pay less attention to the basics and rely on advanced technology such as traction control, anti-lock braking, collision avoidance systems, etc. to keep them safe, even in the most challenging weather conditions. But the cold, hard reality (pun intended) is that the most advanced systems on today’s vehicles don’t create or generate traction, they simply work to maximize the traction that is available. And it is the vehicle’s tires that determine how much traction is available for those systems to take advantage of.
So when it comes to winter weather, those of who can’t simply stay home and wait for better driving conditions should give serious consideration to installing winter tires on their vehicle or vehicles.
To Trust, or Not to Trust…
There is no denying that GPS – Short for Global Positioning System – technology has changed the way professional Security Drivers and other protection practitioners go about their jobs. Today onboard GPS navigation systems are standard on virtually every make and model of executive-level vehicle, and you’d be hard-pressed to find a Security Driver or protection practitioner whose cell phone didn’t have a GPS navigational capability through an app installed by the device’s manufacturer, or one (or more) which they installed themselves. In fact, it’s not unusual for our students – the vast majority of whom are highly experienced practitioners – to recount tales of the guy or gal in the back seat questioning the driver’s choice of routes and referring to information they are receiving in near real-time from Waze or some similar app, on their own phone.
However, as with any technology, GPS mapping and routing apps have their limits.
Increased Demand Drives VDI’s Move to World Class Facility
As has been the case since we opened our doors nearly 15 years ago, demand for VDI’s custom and open enrollment training courses continues to grow among our private sector, government, and law enforcement clientele. Along with meeting this growing demand, our team is committed to improving the quality of our training and continuing to enhance the learning opportunities provided to our students.
With that in mind, VDI is both pleased and excited to announce that for 2018 – and beyond – we will be conducting our open enrollment and custom training programs at Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, PA.
Protective Security Operations
In today’s world, the security professional is faced with the daunting task of designing, developing, and implementing measures to counter an increasingly broad, though still somewhat vague, spectrum of threats. Law enforcement and government agencies continue to release a barrage of alerts and warnings about possible terrorist operations against US and Western interests both within the US and abroad. It seems that every warning is accompanied by the usual caveats about no credible information, no specific targets, and no specific timing or methods of attack. In fact, more often than not these warnings have been disseminated to the private sector through the media long before any official notification has been forthcoming. Developing an effective protection strategy under these circumstances can be, to say the least, taxing.
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