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AS3 Research Library

Years of research on defensive driving, security protocols, and protective driving techniques.

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A black executive saloon driving away on a wet American motorway at dusk, beside the figure 60%, the share of fatal work injuries for chief executives caused by transportation incidents.
Executive ProtectionDriver Training

The Gap in the Executive Risk-Control System

Transportation incidents caused 60% of fatal work injuries for chief executives in 2022. The road is the part of a controlled day where the organization has the least control.

Pablo Ortiz-Monasterio
A deserted asphalt driver training pad at dusk, faded tire marks from old slalom and braking exercises washed pale across the damp surface, orange training cones knocked over and scattered at the edge.
Human Performance & TrainingDriver Training

Is Mastery Truly Achievable?

Soldiers trained to standard lost up to 83% of their hands-on performance after a year away, and rated themselves unchanged. Mastery is not a level you reach. It is an interval you hold.

Pablo Ortiz-Monasterio
A black full size executive sedan destroyed against a concrete pillar in a road tunnel at night, debris and tire marks across the wet asphalt, emergency lights washing the tunnel walls.
Human Performance & TrainingDriver Training

Calibration Is the Skill

Two drivers can finish the same course with identical driving skill and still leave dangerously unequal. The difference is the one thing nobody scores.

Pablo Ortiz-Monasterio
A car skidding out of control on a wet road at night, a billowing cloud of water spray rising from the tires.
Driver TrainingVehicle Safety

ESC is not the enemy

A trained driver’s instinct is to switch ESC off to feel the machine. The one time that instinct is tested under real stress, it is what could get someone killed.

Pablo Ortiz-Monasterio
A close-protection security driver at the wheel of a black executive sedan at night, alert and checking the mirror, with a principal passenger silhouetted in the back seat.
Executive ProtectionDriver Training

Changing Paradigms

Security driving is one specialty within executive protection, not the whole job. Here is what a real security driver does, and why it matters.

Pablo Ortiz-Monasterio
Low-angle close-up of a performance tire meeting asphalt, showing the contact patch where the tread flattens against the road.
Vehicle SafetyDriver Training

TIRE PRESSURE

Tires are your only contact with the road. Here is how tire pressure sets your contact patch, your grip, and whether the car slides or rolls at the limit.

Pablo Ortiz-Monasterio
A driver at night looking down at a glowing smartphone while the road ahead is blurred and out of focus.
Driver TrainingHuman Performance & Training

Texting While Driving

You cannot focus on two distances at once. Here is what texting while driving does to your reaction time, in seconds and in feet, at city speeds.

Pablo Ortiz-Monasterio

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