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January 30, 2018 By Vehicle Dynamics 1 Comment

What’s In Your Roadside Emergency Kit?

Roadside Emergency Kit

When it comes to your roadside emergency kit are you the Risk Taker, the Cub Scout, the List Maker, the Undertaker…or have you gone all out with a Bug Out Bag? (See the accompanying Infographic for the answer)

Filed Under: secure transportation Tagged With: bug out bag, emergency roadside kit, roadside emergency kit

January 30, 2018 By Vehicle Dynamics 3 Comments

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.

Filed Under: secure transportation Tagged With: GPS, GPS apps, GPS mapping

January 24, 2017 By Vehicle Dynamics 1 Comment

The Science of…Route Planning?!

The Science of Route Planning

A closer look at an age-old secure transportation/protection route planning function was inspired by United Parcel Service – commonly referred to as UPS.

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August 14, 2016 By VDI Team Leave a Comment

“The More Technology a Car has, the More Hackable it is…”

The-More-Technology-a-Car-has,-the-More-Hackable-it-is...

While there may not be anything “new” in this video – Charles and his pal Chris performed the remote hack mentioned in the video quite a while ago, and as he notes, once Chrysler was made aware of it the company promptly resolved that particular vulnerability on their particular vehicles – the level of control […]

Filed Under: news, secure transportation Tagged With: hacker, Vehicle hacking, vehicle technology

April 21, 2016 By VDI Team 2 Comments

SUVs; Whether You Love ‘Em or Hate ‘Em, They Are a Popular Choice Among Secure Transportation Providers

SUVs; Whether You Love ‘Em or Hate ‘Em, They Are a Popular Choice Among Secure Transportation Providers

Given the sheer volume of training programs we deliver in any given year, we’ve heard just about every opinion imaginable when it comes to SUVs. They’re big, they’re heavy, they have a high center of gravity… they’re not fuel efficient (go figure). So what’s not to like? From a safety standpoint, in a crash these […]

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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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