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site was designed and developed for those security professionals whose
duties require them to supply safe and secure transportation for their
executives and/or clients.
The objective of the site is to provide information,
services and products to security drivers and security agents. Each
section of the site shares a common goal: to make available data
that furthers the professional development of those who view this
site.
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| NEWS |
| Training |
Security Driver
Instructors Program
We will be conducting a Security Driver Instructors
program on Oct 20th though Oct 24th. The training will be conducted
at our facility in New Jersey. There are prerequisites for the course.
For more information go to the training
section or call Tony Scotti at 1-888-225-0222 or email tonyscotti@securitydriver.com. |
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| Vehicle
Dynamics and Exercise Design |
| Program
conducted on July 14 – 15 and October 6 – 7. The training
will be conducted at our facility in New Jersey. Students need to
have experience as driving instructors, and be from the law enforcement
military community. For more information call Tony Scotti at 1-888-225-0222
or email tonyscotti@securitydriver.com. |
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| Planning
and Managing Protective Operations |
| This three day course is
designed specifically for security professionals responsible for providing
and/or managing the protection of corporate executives, high profile
individuals or high net worth families. |
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Note: Attendees must have attended a recognized executive protection
program prior to attending this course. |
| Dates: September
24th - 26th in New Jersey |
| For more info contact: Vehicle
Dynamics Institute LLC |
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VDI conducts the Protective Driving and refresher
program on a monthly basis. See
the complete VDI schedule |
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| New
Books |
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NEW FICTION BOOK ON EXECUTIVE PROTECTION - MORTAL SHIELD
An associate, Thomas Taylor, has written a fiction book about
the protection industry. The book “Mortal Shield”
gets into the mindset of the people involved in the EP community,
the dignitaries they protect, and the opponents they attempt
to foil. I thought Mortal Shield was a realistic portrayal
of protection work, which captures the everyday challenge
of guarding high-level VIPs.
The writer, Thomas Taylor's involvement in protective operations
began in 1974, when he was assigned to the Governor's Security
Division with the Missouri State Highway Patrol. He served
on the protective details of four different governors, eventually
rising to the Commander of the Governor's Security Division
for eight years. Tom currently works as a Special Projects
Advisor for Gavin de Becker and Associates, a firm that advises
and protects high-risk public figures. You can get the book
from Amazon.
SPEAKING OF BOOKS
Take a look at our new section
on books
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| Articles |
PASSING
Passing the vehicle in front you is one of those things we do
often but don’t give much thought. Once the decision to
pass a vehicle in an urban environment realize and remember
that you and your car are going to be spending a good deal of
time in the wrong lane. To give you an idea of how much time
and distance, if you are traveling at 50 mph and passing someone
going 40 mph, you will need about 10 seconds and 736 feet to
safely complete the pass. Read
Article... |
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FUEL ECONOMY
The high cost of fuel is on every ones mind, but we should
also be thinking about the way we drive. Our driving style
has a lot to do with fuel economy. There is nothing we can
do about fuel costs, but there are things we can do about
the way we drive.
Aggressive driving (speeding – hard acceleration –
hard braking) can lower your gas mileage by 33 percent at
highway speeds and by 5 percent around town. What strikes
you is that, how you drive in the city makes little difference
on fuel mileage, but your highway driving style makes a big
impact on your wallet. As an example - If you are paying $3.25/gallon
driving aggressively on the open roads it is the same as paying
$4.33/gallon that should get your attention.
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SECURITY DRIVING
AND THE IRS
We are often asked about the IRS ruling on security drivers
and vehicles, I suggest you go
to this site to get the information – or better yet
have the company accounts/lawyers look at it.
Scroll about half way down the page you will see a section tilted
Security-Related Transportation – it will give you
an idea of the criteria the IRS will use to determine where
you stand. |
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ASIRT
For those who travel and drive over seas there are some sites
that supply information about driving and road conditions.
You can get information on the road conditions and road culture
in your country of destination buy going to http://www.asirt.org/
They have over 150 detailed reports on countries around the
world. Click
here to a see a sample
The State Department also has a section
devoted to road conditions.
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