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Exercise Descriptions |
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Backing - Straight Line and Cornering backing exercises at low speed using proper mirrors, use of mirrors in various backing situations and proper vehicle set up for backing in tightly congested areas. Control Brake - This exercise presents instruction that maximizes the capabilities of a vehicle while using steering and braking in combination. Collision Avoidance - Proper lines of travel, use of steering inputs, brake usage, and acceleration of a vehicle. Emergency Vehicle Cornering - This exercise teaches maximum steering capabilities of a vehicle with use of either very little or no braking. Highway Response - Mock Code 3 times runs and/or Mock pursuits in simulated congested areas showing proper techniques of cornering, following, use of acceleration, braking, and steering. Large Vehicle Cornering - Proper lines of travel, mirror usage, blind spots, and vehicles set up for right and left turns. Law Enforcement Backing - Straight Line and Cornering backing exercises at relatively high speed. Parking - The emphasis is placed on "limited parking space situations" in a number of combinations. Pursuit Intervention Tactics (PIT) - Specialized exercise (for licensed law enforcement officers only) showing proper techniques of using vehicle to vehicle contact to conclude a pursuit. Red Lights and Sirens - A discussion and demonstration regarding the effectiveness of the emergency equipment on an emergency vehicle. Serpentine - This exercise is designed to show the location of a vehicle to fixed objects in cornering situations, assist with speed control, and visual training (keeping eyes up). Skid Control - Techniques used to teach avoidance, recovery, and controlling the vehicle in different skidding situations, such as wet pavement, ice, gravel, and various other substances, weather permitting. Straight Line Brake - This exercise is designed to show maximum braking capabilities of a vehicle. Threshold braking skills, squeeze braking skills, and the use of anti-lock braking systems are the instructional emphasis in this maneuver. |
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