Driver training Archives - Vehicle Dynamics Institute https://vehicledynamics.com/tag/driver-training/ Advanced Driving Training Sat, 01 Aug 2015 13:54:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://i0.wp.com/vehicledynamics.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/cropped-VDI-Logo-Site-Identity.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Driver training Archives - Vehicle Dynamics Institute https://vehicledynamics.com/tag/driver-training/ 32 32 58971572 Another Jaunt Through Karjackistan https://vehicledynamics.com/another-jaunt-through-karjackistan/ https://vehicledynamics.com/another-jaunt-through-karjackistan/#respond Sat, 09 May 2015 19:31:59 +0000 http://vehicledynamics.com/?p=1127 It’s a Pleasure and an Honor –  to have worked this week with the latest group of security professionals to successfully complete VDI’s Protective/Evasive Driving Course. This time around, 20 students from 3 countries and 7 states joined us for the three day jaunt through Karjackistan. Collectively, they represent several multi-national corporations, a Non-Governmental Organization, […]

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]]> https://vehicledynamics.com/a-jaunt-though-karjackistan/feed/ 0 1121 VDI & Glen Edmunds Performance Driving School – Committed to Excellence https://vehicledynamics.com/vdi-glen-edmunds-performance-driving-school-committed-to-excellence/ https://vehicledynamics.com/vdi-glen-edmunds-performance-driving-school-committed-to-excellence/#respond Fri, 03 Apr 2015 13:50:06 +0000 http://vehicledynamics.com/?p=1114 When conducting a VDI Instructor-level Vehicle Dynamics and Exercise Design program, within 10 minutes of the first day we mention that math is the foundation of the program and pass out calculators. It is not long after the calculators are distributed that students will express their concern that math is not exactly a subject they […]

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]]> https://vehicledynamics.com/vdi-glen-edmunds-performance-driving-school-committed-to-excellence/feed/ 0 1114 VDI’s Karjackistan 2 – Deja Vu All Over Again! https://vehicledynamics.com/vdis-karjackistan-2-deja-vu-all-over-again/ https://vehicledynamics.com/vdis-karjackistan-2-deja-vu-all-over-again/#respond Sun, 22 Mar 2015 14:54:51 +0000 http://vehicledynamics.com/?p=1104 This week the VDI team delivered our first open enrollment course of 2015 – our 6th training delivery for the year so far – in much the same way we wrapped up our last open enrollment program of the year in 2014 – in the snow! Those who have been through one of our programs […]

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]]> https://vehicledynamics.com/great-information-about-distracted-driving/feed/ 0 921 Escaping The Kill Zone – What Is Good? by Joe Autera – Larry Side & Tony Scotti https://vehicledynamics.com/escaping-the-kill-zone-what-is-good-by-joe-autera-larry-side-tony-scotti/ https://vehicledynamics.com/escaping-the-kill-zone-what-is-good-by-joe-autera-larry-side-tony-scotti/#respond Sun, 30 Mar 2014 15:09:34 +0000 http://vehicledynamics.com/?p=887 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 […]

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]]> https://vehicledynamics.com/escaping-the-kill-zone-what-is-good-by-joe-autera-larry-side-tony-scotti/feed/ 0 887 A special edition of “Professional Driving Techniques” https://vehicledynamics.com/a-special-edition-of-professional-driving-techniques/ https://vehicledynamics.com/a-special-edition-of-professional-driving-techniques/#comments Fri, 14 Mar 2014 11:53:04 +0000 http://vehicledynamics.com/?p=857 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 […]

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]]> https://vehicledynamics.com/a-special-edition-of-professional-driving-techniques/feed/ 2 857 Line of Sight and Security Driving https://vehicledynamics.com/line-of-sight-and-security-driving/ https://vehicledynamics.com/line-of-sight-and-security-driving/#respond Sat, 08 Mar 2014 13:42:31 +0000 http://vehicledynamics.com/?p=847 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 […]

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]]> https://vehicledynamics.com/line-of-sight-and-security-driving/feed/ 0 847 “Taking the Show on the Road” – Mobile Training https://vehicledynamics.com/taking-the-show-on-road-mobile-training/ https://vehicledynamics.com/taking-the-show-on-road-mobile-training/#comments Thu, 13 Feb 2014 15:05:15 +0000 http://vehicledynamics.com/?p=813 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 […]

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]]> https://vehicledynamics.com/taking-the-show-on-road-mobile-training/feed/ 2 813 SUV’s – Why You May Drive Fast https://vehicledynamics.com/suvs-why-you-may-drive-fast/ https://vehicledynamics.com/suvs-why-you-may-drive-fast/#respond Thu, 13 Feb 2014 02:38:40 +0000 http://vehicledynamics.com/?p=810 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 […]

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