The Security Driving Instructor Course is a five-day program training the trainer in

vehicle dynamics, high-speed driving, bootlegs, j-turns, and the precision

immobilization technique.
SCHEDULE
Day One
0900-0930 Vehicle Dynamics Lecture I.
Understanding the driver/vehicle relationship. Vehicle language, driving form,
weight transfer, ocular driving, threshold braking and off-road recoveries.
0930-1030 Vehicle Dynamics Practical I.
Students practice these skills through serpentine and emergency braking exercises.
Surprise off-road recoveries are conducted throughout the day.
1030-1100 Vehicle Dynamics Lecture II.
Skid control and spin recovery. Understanding oversteer and understeer, and how
they are controlled. How tire pressure affects performance and how to prevent
blowouts.
1100-1200 Vehicle Dynamics Practical II.
Skid control (oversteer and understeer) is conducted on our skid pad, and advanced
emergency threshold braking.
1200-1300 Lunch
1300-1330 Vehicle Dynamics Lecture III.
Understanding multiple dynamics, braking, braking in curves, and swerving-toavoid obstacles.
1330-1430 Vehicle Dynamics Practical III.
Emergency braking in turns and swerve-to-avoid obstacles.
1430-1500 Technical Drive and Mental Aspects Lecture.
The laws of vehicle dynamics are applied to allow vehicle control at above highway
speeds. Techniques of stress management are discussed.
1500-1600 Technical Drive Practical.
The laws of vehicle dynamics are applied to maintain control at emergency speeds.
1600-1700
Technical Drive Final.
Students are asked to drive at emergency speeds under pressure, applying
acquired skills.
At Dark Night Drive Lecture.
How to safely drive fast at night considering limited visibility and light problems.
One Hour Night Drive Practical.
Each driver is challenged to drive as fast as safely possible staying in his lane.
Day Two
0900-1000 Street-Line Practical.
Students drive as fast as safely possible staying in their lane.
1000-1100 Unfamiliar Roads.
Students plan, then drive as fast as safely possible, in their lane, over roads not

previously driven.
1100-1200 Lead/Follow (Predictable Route).
Students must maintain contact chasing an instructor, staying in his lane at above
highway speeds.
1200-1300 Lunch
1300-1430 Imminent Collisions Practical.
When a collision is unavoidable, students are shown the way to minimize damage
and injury.
SUV Emergency Handling.
Students conduct vehicle dynamics exercises on wet roads in higher center of
gravity SUV's.
Forward/Reverse 180s.
Students learn the bootleg and J-turn as quick ways to reverse direction.
1430-1700 Backing.
Techniques of driving in reverse around obstacles at low and high speeds.
Lead/Follow (Random Route).
Simulated pursuit exercises where the student must maintain contact with
instructor who is fleeing over random routes the student has not driven. Route
combines high-speed highway simulation with slow-speed congested areas with lots
of turns.
Day Three
0900-0930
Precision Immobilization Technique (PIT) Lecture.
Students learn the Precision Immobilization Technique (PIT), the safest and most
efficient way for one car to stop a moving automobile.
0930-1030 PIT Practical.
Students practice the PIT maneuver.
1030-1045 Tactical Vehicle Interception (TVI) Lecture.
How to use two cars to stop a fleeing automobile. This technique builds on the PIT
maneuver by adding a second vehicle to insure the fleeing vehicle cannot escape
once stopped.
1045-1200 TVI Practical.
Students conduct the TVI maneuver.
1200-1300 Lunch
1300-1400 Methods of Instruction Lecture.
The basic principles to teaching from platform to in-car instruction.
1400-1530 Serpentine Instructor Workshop.
All workshops aim at putting the student in teaching situations where the student
must diagnose problems and provide the proper corrective solution. Instructors
role-play as students making common errors.

1530-1700 Threshold Braking Instructor Workshop.

Instructor makes common threshold braking errors to see if student can diagnose
problem and provide solutions to improve performance.
Day Four
0900-1200 Braking in Turns/Swerve-to-Avoid Instructor Workshop.
These skills are the most challenging for an instructor candidate to master.
1200-1300 Lunch
1300-1530 Technical Driving Instructor Workshop.
Student sits in right front seat and steers while instructor operates the gas and
brakes to instill confidence in student that student can save car by steering from
right front seat. Normal workshop format follows.
1530-1700 PIT Instructor Workshop.
Student teaches instructor how to conduct this maneuver.
Day Five
0900-1000 Surviving Vehicle Attacks Lecture.
Review of some past terrorist attacks, route analysis, and importance of mental
preparation.
1000-1045 Forward and Reverse 180's Review - Right Front Seat & Manual Shifts.
Practice maneuvers from right front seat and in manual shift cars.
1045-1100 Attack Recognition
The importance of being mentally prepared in order to execute an escape
maneuver.
1100-1200 Barricade Confrontations Practical.
Students come under simulated attack and must choose and execute the correct
escape maneuver.
1200-1300 Lunch
1300-1500 Forward and Reverse 180's Instructor Workshop.
Student teaches instructor evasive maneuvers while identifying problems and
provides solutions.
Barricade Confrontations Instructor Workshop.
Techniques of setting up an exercise where the student executes the correct escape
maneuver to different situations.
1500-1700 Defensive Line.
Techniques to prevent the student from being stopped by another car who is trying
to knock the student off the road using car-to-car contact.
Security Driving Instructor Course (SDI) cost: $2,495* per student