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Training Outside the Comfort Zone
The Comfort Zone can be explained as a combination of speed, steering and/or braking where the vehicle reacts as the driver expects it to. But in an emergency scenario, the driver will be required to...
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The Difference Between Handling and Cornering
Handling and Cornering are often used to describe the same vehicle/driver characteristics, but they are two separate issues. Cornering Cornering is the amount of centrifugal force the car can generate...
View ArticleThe Dynamics of a Vehicle Emergency
Anytime the steering wheel is moved while the car is in motion, a lateral or sideways force is created. This force is pushing in the opposite direction the car is turning. This force is an expression...
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Police Driver Newsletter – October 2021
The “Driver’s Equation” – A Video In this video, we share the “Driver’s Equation” definition. We do so through a program that we use for our upcoming online training courses. As a basic example, we...
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Mustang Mach E Passes MSP Police Test
The Mustang Mach E received much media attention for being the first Electric Vehicle (EV) to pass the Michigan State Police Test. We here, at PoliceDriver.Com, believe it is well deserved. It may be...
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Ambush Attacks on Police Up 91%
There were 48 ambush-style incidents where officers were shot without any warning or opportunity to defend themselves, including several pre-planned assassinations. In many cases, officers were shot...
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The Difference Between Handling and Cornering
Handling and Cornering are often used to describe the same vehicle/driver characteristics, but they are two separate issues. Cornering Cornering is the amount of centrifugal force the car can generate...
View ArticleThe Time and Distance Relationship
Introduction to Vehicle Dynamics – the time-distance relationship. Presented by the International Security Driver Association and its members. When moving through any scenario the driver is managing...
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The Science of the Evasive Maneuver
Lane Change – Evasive Maneuver – Accident Avoidance – Swerve to Avoid – no matter what it’s called they all have the same basic characteristics and are essential to all EVOC training programs. Over...
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The Moose Test Doesn’t Hold Its Own Weight
A recent video of a Toyota Truck coming close to flipping as it drove through the “Moose Test”, created a great deal of Social Media talk. PDC would like to share our thoughts on the video. Our...
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Windshields Maintenance
Over 90 percent of the information, we need to control the vehicle comes from what we see. Vision is the foundation of safe and secure driving. Vision is a complex sense affected by a number of...
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Police Driving Techniques
Police Driving Techniques by Tony Scotti 1988 This is the cover of the original driving book, written in 1988, and was the genesis for the present day Driving Techniques book. The original book was...
View ArticleAn Example of Using Feet Per Second (FPS) in a Slalom Exercise
Vehicle Dynamics and the Slalom Course If there is one exercise that appears in most all EVOC programs it would be the slalom course. Driving through a slalom creates an abundance of teaching points,...
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Over Driving Your Headlights
Over-driving your headlights is defined as – A scenario where the driver is moving at a rate of speed that their stopping distance is farther than they can see with their headlights. This creates a...
View ArticleVirginia State Trooper Vehicles Hacked
Car-hacking research initiative in Virginia shows how even older vehicles could be targeted in cyber attacks. A state trooper responding to a call starts his vehicle, but is unable to shift the gear...
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Training Outside the Comfort Zone
The Comfort Zone can be explained as a combination of speed, steering and/or braking where the vehicle reacts as the driver expects it to. But in an emergency scenario the driver will be required to...
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The PoliceDriver.Com Vehicle Dynamics Online Training Series
For decades, there has been research conducted and data available that allows the driver trainer to better understand how drivers make decisions in emergencies, but most of this data is generated for...
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The Difference Between Handling and Cornering
Handling and Cornering are often used to describe the same vehicle/driver characteristics, but they are two separate issues. Cornering Cornering is the amount of centrifugal force the car can generate...
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Law Enforcement Vehicle Tests
Every year two Law Enforcement Agencies conduct Law Enforcement Vehicle Evaluations. The results are a good source of information. But, in our opinion, their test for measuring vehicle handling and...
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Police Driving Techniques
Police Driving Techniques by Tony Scotti 1988 This is the cover of the original driving book, written in 1988, and was the genesis for the present day Driving Techniques book. The original book was...
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