| Description |
1 online resource (167 p.) |
| Contents |
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- About the Author -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Who Is a Target? -- General Targets -- Wrong Place, Wrong Time -- Victim by Association -- Target of Opportunity -- Specific Targets -- Chapter 2 The Weakest Link -- Chapter 3 Route Analysis -- Map Reconnaissance -- Restrictive Travel Areas -- Preplanned Crisis Response -- Travel Surfaces -- Where Are the Attack Sites? -- Types of Attacks at Various Sites -- Urban Static Attack Sites -- Urban Moving Attack Sites -- Rural Static Attack Sites -- Rural Moving Attack Sites -- Attack Sites for Standoff Weapons -- Chapter 4 How to Overcome Induced Panic and "Fight or Flight" -- Chapter 5 Awareness -- Gunsite Color Code -- Condition White -- Condition Yellow -- Condition Orange -- Condition Red -- Avoiding Panic -- Chapter 6 Attack Recognition -- Chapter 7 Surveillance Detection -- Surveillance Phases -- Selection and Assessment Phase -- Operational or Attack Phase -- Types of Surveillance -- Fixed Site -- Warning Signs of Fixed-Site Surveillance -- Moving Surveillance -- Foot Surveillance -- Vehicle Surveillance -- Warning Signs of Moving Surveillance -- Technical Surveillance -- Combination Surveillance -- Warning Signs of Combination Surveillance -- Vulnerabilities of Surveillance -- Chapter 8 Your Vehicle -- Armor -- Engine -- Tires -- How Is a Tire Put Together? -- What Do All Those Numbers and Letters Mean? -- Suspension -- Mirrors -- Communications Equipment -- Tinted Windows -- Alarms -- Gas Tank -- Brakes -- Locks -- Keys -- Safety Features -- Seat Belts and Air Bags -- Trunk Escape Latch -- Fire Extinguishers -- First Aid and Survival Kits -- Cameras -- Sledgehammers -- Maintenance -- Chapter 9 Issues with Smart Vehicles -- Notes -- Chapter 10 Vehicle Occupant Responsibilities -- Driver -- Passengers |
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Chapter 11 Driving Basics -- Safety Check -- Steering -- Shuffle Steering -- Eye Movement and Steering -- Braking -- ABS vs. Threshold Brakes -- Accelerating -- Pedal work -- Avoiding Accidents -- Driving Triangle -- The Vehicle -- The Driving Environment -- The Driver -- Skids -- Braking Skids -- Acceleration Skids -- Cornering Skids -- Hydroplaning -- Off-Road Recovery -- Tire-Blowout Recovery -- Chapter 12 Vehicle Dynamics -- Friction -- Centrifugal and Centripetal Force -- Weight Shift -- Chapter 13 Vehicle Evasion Maneuvers -- Forward 180-Degree Turn -- Reverse 180-Degree Turn -- Vehicle Barricade Breaching -- Chapter 14 Attack Scenarios -- Overrun Attack -- Vehicle-Borne Improvised Explosive Devices -- Motorcycle or Scooter Attack -- Stationary Roadblock Attack -- Considerations While Moving -- Traffic Accidents -- If You Are Involved in the Accident -- If You Are Not Involved in the Accident -- Checkpoints -- Forced Immobilization Tactics -- PIT Technique -- Considerations While Stopped -- Molotov Cocktail Attack -- Standoff Weapon Attack -- If You Must Abandon Your Vehicle -- Open-Bed Trucks -- Chapter 15 Motorcade Operations -- Scenario 1 -- One of the vehicles is disabled as it passes through an ambush -- Scenario 2 -- The hit vehicle cannot be pushed or towed because of damage, and people need to be transferred to another vehicle -- Scenario 3 -- The last vehicle is hit, and personnel need to be recovered -- Scenario 4 -- Vehicle needs to be towed -- Scenario 5 -- Vehicles have to stop for nonmechanical reasons -- Scenario 6 -- Road barricade, vehicle ambush -- Scenario 7 -- Vehicle accident -- Scenario 8 -- Overrun attack from the rear -- Scenario 9 -- Overrun attack from the front -- Scenario 10 -- Vehicle stops for mechanical reasons -- Scenario 11 -- Changing a tire -- Movement at Night -- Spotlights -- Tracers -- Chapter 16 Vehicle Bomb Searches |
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Conducting a Search -- Sedans -- Perimeter -- Front -- Side -- Rear -- Side Two -- Bottom -- Interior -- Under the Hood -- Trunk -- Vans -- Rear -- Bottom -- Interior -- Engine and Under the Hood -- SUVs -- Underside -- Interior -- Chapter 17 Case Studies of Actual Vehicle Attacks -- Explosive Ambushes -- Weapons Ambushes -- En Route Kidnappings -- Overrun Attacks -- Assaults on Armored Vehicles -- Index |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
| Subject |
Automobile driving -- Security measures
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Automobile driving -- Security measures
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781000432923 |
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1000432920 |
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