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 Presidential Vehicle
March 23, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Good friend Stu Resmer sent me this You Tube video on the Beast - It is an interview with a former GM employee who help build the Presidential Limo - in the interview he criticizes the “other manufacture” (Ford). He said that the Bush limo had poor brakes. I find that hard to believe. http://tinyurl.com/cdggn5z This is a video of the last time the President's Vehicle made the … [Read more...]
A collection of lessons learned from vehicle attacks
March 12, 2013 by Leave a Comment
This is a collection of articles that appear on Security Driver - I have put them all in one place for easy viewing Lessons learned from the attack on US Embassy personnel in Mexico by Joe Autera - Larry Side - Tony Scotti Originally posted November 20, 2012 - A unique lessons learned from an incident where all survived. http://securitydriver.com/11/lessons-learned/ Lessons … [Read more...]
Attack on the Italian Consul in Libya
January 14, 2013 by 1 Comment
The Italian Consul, Guido De Sanctis has been nice enough demonstrate, again, why armored vehicles are a good thing. I’ll wait until we can get more information about the attack - but look at where the rounds hit the side windows - does that create questions? Some news … [Read more...]
LESSONS LEARNED
November 20, 2012 by 4 Comments
The recent attack on US Embassy personnel in Mexico provides a unique lessons learned from an incident where all survived. These are our thoughts and lessons learned from the incident Basics Although the Embassy personnel found themselves in a bad scenario (in the kill zone) the combination of a skilled driver and armored vehicle saved their lives. The armored vehicle did its job, absorbed the … [Read more...]