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January 3, 2019 By Vehicle Dynamics 1 Comment

The Time Has Come! VDI Transitions Training Fleet to Dodge Chargers

VDI Dodge Chargers - the Time has Come

Since VDI was founded in 2003, we have adhered to a very simple philosophy – provide students the highest value training opportunities possible. And we measure that value just as our predecessor, the Scotti School, did more than four decades ago – by how applicable our training is to each and every one our student’s everyday role and responsibilities. As forty plus years of driver training experience has shown, providing that value means evolving with both the times and automotive technology; for our students an added value of this evolution has always been more opportunities to succeed when and where it counts the most – out on the streets, where they earn their living managing the safety and security risks of those whom they are responsible for.

Filed Under: featured Tagged With: Advanced Driving, crown victoria, dodge chargers, police package, security driver, Security Driving

October 22, 2016 By VDI Team Leave a Comment

Night Driving; Understand the Risks and Take Appropriate Precautions

night-driving-header

In many instances, driving at night is not out of the ordinary and in some cases, depending upon the Principal’s schedule, preferences or proclivities, is the norm. And while fatigue is always a concern when it comes to driving at night, there are other risks that the driver must consider and account for. In fact, while a combination of safety and security risks tends to make vehicle movements the highest risk endeavor a Principal and his or her protectors will engage in on any given day, movements which take place at night may present even greater risks than those which take place during daylight hours.

Filed Under: driving Tagged With: driving at night, night driving, Security Driving

April 13, 2015 By VDI Team Leave a Comment

A jaunt though Karjackistan

  Here are some of the 20 students (a few were understandably “camera shy”) who participated in VDI’s Protective/Evasive Driving course last week. Representing 8 corporations (7 of which are Fortune 100 companies), 2 global security providers, and 2 government agencies, they came together from 5 states across the country to take a jaunt though […]

Filed Under: news Tagged With: Driver training, Executive Protection, Joe Autera, Larry Side, Security Driving, VDI

March 22, 2015 By VDI Team Leave a Comment

VDI’s Karjackistan 2 – Deja Vu All Over Again!

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 […]

Filed Under: news Tagged With: Driver training, evasive driving, evoc, Joe Autera, secure transportation, Security Driving, VDI, Vehicle Dynamics Institute

May 28, 2014 By VDI Team Leave a Comment

Tradition

I (Tony Scotti) hesitate to post these types of comments – simply because there are so many and I would be posting them every day. But this one is, at least to this old man, special. It is from a former student, his name is Bob and he is 87 years old. He read an […]

Filed Under: news, op-ed Tagged With: Executive Protection, Security Driving

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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