Who better to write a book on performance driving than Bob Bondurant? Bob knows fast driving - and he knows how to teach it! Here Bob draws from his highly-regarded law enforcement course on police pursuit and counterterrorist interception driving to fill you in on the pursuit techniques used by today's police officers. Corporal Edwin Sanow illustrates several of Bondurant's techniques with firsthand accounts of actual police pursuit situations.
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39 of 40 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Far superior to High Performance Driving,
By slowcar (Bellevue, WA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Bob Bondurant on Police and Pursuit Driving (Paperback)
Police and Pursuit Driving (P&P) is far superior in every way to Bondurant's High Performance Driving (HPD). Whereas over half the content of HPD is anecdotes from Bob's racing days and plugs for Bob's school and sponsors, P&P skips all that. Instead, P&P is written for busy people -- cops -- who want "just the facts." Unless you are actually going to become a racer -- in which case, the last chapter of HPD, on buying a race car and finding sponsors, may be interesting to you -- there is no useful information in HPD that isn't also covered in P&P. The special Bondurant braking techniques, cornering techniques, seating position, etc. -- they're all in here. Furthermore, the presentation in P&P is geared toward applying your skills on the street -- where almost all of us spend most of our time driving anyway -- rather than on the track. Finally, if you are interested in participating in the "high performance driving schools" sponsored by local chapters of car clubs such as the BMW Club or the Porsche Club, then Police and Pursuit Driving is even more useful, because it goes over optimal techniques for the cone exercises that these clubs do in their entry-level schools, whereas High Performance Driving, despite its title, does not.
12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Bob Bondurant on Police and Pursuit Driving,
By Raymond J. Spencer (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Bob Bondurant on Police and Pursuit Driving (Paperback)
This is probably the most advanced book on the subject of police driving in emergency and pursuit mode. Bob Bondurant and his co author bring together some new ideas on steering and vehicle control. The book has lots of pictures which help to explain the ideas expressed in "Police and Pursuit Driving." Well Done. This book should be in every EVOC Instructor's library.Police Constable R.J. Spencer CN Police Service Edmonton, Alberta.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
One of the best books.,
By Mike "xfjs" (Sweden/Thailand) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Bob Bondurant on Police and Pursuit Driving (Paperback)
Police and Pursuit Driving is a really good book that explains clearly to the reader how to do. It start out very basic such as how you should sit in the car, hold your hands etc to shifting weight, breaking techniques, skid control etc. Usually I never give a 5 star to any book (have never happened)unless it is very, very good but this one is almost as perfect as it could be, so for the first time a 5 star it is.
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All drivers, police officers included, have been taught to drive a car, but few drivers have had the opportunity to properly learn the true basics of driving. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
precision maneuvers course, four tire patches, throttle steer circle, rear tire patches, tire deflating devices, overtake the violator, tire patch size, front tire patches, stationary roadblocks, handling oval, violator car, fleeing driver, rolling roadblock, fleeing motorist, violator vehicle, median crossover, threshold braking, lift off the gas, average pursuit, pursuing units, ramming vehicle, early apex, late apex, blocking vehicle, early braking Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
The Bondurant School, Rick Scuteri, Crisp County, California Highway Patrol, Bob Bondurant, Larry Hollingsworth, Monte Carlo, Marion County, Greg Fresquez, Supreme Court, Deputy Wright, State Route New!
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All drivers, police officers included, have been taught to drive a car, but few drivers have had the opportunity to properly learn the true basics of driving. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
precision maneuvers course, four tire patches, throttle steer circle, rear tire patches, tire deflating devices, overtake the violator, tire patch size, front tire patches, stationary roadblocks, handling oval, violator car, fleeing driver, rolling roadblock, fleeing motorist, violator vehicle, median crossover, threshold braking, lift off the gas, average pursuit, pursuing units, ramming vehicle, early apex, late apex, blocking vehicle, early braking Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
The Bondurant School, Rick Scuteri, Crisp County, California Highway Patrol, Bob Bondurant, Larry Hollingsworth, Monte Carlo, Marion County, Greg Fresquez, Supreme Court, Deputy Wright, State Route New!
Books on Related Topics | Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Monaco Grand Prix by Jetty St. John in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Law and Order by C.K. Allen in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Jeff Gordon (Grolier All-Pro Biographies) by Mark Stewart in Back Matter
- Bob Bondurant on High Performance Driving by Bob Bondurant in Back Matter
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