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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

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 […]

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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 […]

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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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