The Indy 500 puts a whole new meaning on “In a Blink of an Eye"(The Article). Consider this - the average speed of the car on the pole this year was 228.762 MPH, round it off to 229 MPH. As all VDI students would know that equals 336.36 Feet per Second (229 X 1.47). What they also know is that a blink of an eye is .2 seconds. Hence in a blink of an eye at 229 MPH the vehicle moves 67.3 Feet. … [Read more...]
Vans – SUV’s – Armored Vehicles – and Training
May 23, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Article By - Joe Autera - Larry Side - and Tony Scotti - Below is an article that appeared in the New York Times, it is about the danger of 15 passenger vans. Many years back we conducted training for a government agency that used 15 passenger vans as escort vehicles. They escorted 18 Wheel armored trucks. (A future article) The equipment they carried in the vans made them top heavy - a lot of … [Read more...]
Escaping The Kill Zone – What Is Good?
May 16, 2013 by Leave a Comment
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 the data VDI collects to test their vehicles … [Read more...]
The First High Risk Driving Program?
May 14, 2013 by Leave a Comment
In the late 80’s and early 90’s South America in general and Colombia in particular was not someplace you took the wife and kids for a vacation, and the Middle East was its usual pit of a place. Other than soccer Vehicle Attacks were the national pastime. The old Scotti School (like the present day Tony Scotti’s Vehicle Dynamics Institute) was roaming around those locations conducting … [Read more...]
Security Driver Magazine 2nd Issue
May 8, 2013 by 5 Comments
The Magazine is for those who supply Secure Transportation. This issue has articles by Joe Autera - Frank Gallagher - Glen Edmonds - Larry Snow - and me (Tony Scotti). There are a total of six articles - later magazines will have more content, with more features. This is still a Beta test - any and all comments or questions are welcomed. We are opened, in fact welcome, others to write … [Read more...]