Night Driving - Special Hazards and Ways to Mitigate Them

Larry Snow with the Secure Transportation and Executive Protection News for Wednesday, August 22nd, 2018

 

In Driver News 

Night Driving 

Some security drivers spend a considerable amount of time driving in darkness. There are special hazards that night driving presents and effective ways to deal with them.

The major difference between day and night driving is the accident rate.  When you consider that 90% of a driver’s reaction depends on vision, and vision is severely limited at night, it is no surprise that the night driving accident rate is roughly three times that of daylight driving. The cause of the decreased vision varies.  At night, the driver’s normally wide field of vision is narrowed to the field of view illuminated by your headlights, the headlights of other vehicles and fixed road lights. Depth perception, color recognition, and peripheral vision are compromised after sundown. Older drivers have even greater difficulties seeing at night. A 50-year-old driver may need twice as much light to see as well as a 30-year old.

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In Technology News

From CNET

Phone case claims to detect weapons and explosives from 40 feet

There are plenty of iPhone cases and adapters which add functionality to your phone, ranging from battery cases to 360-degree cameras, thermal imaging, wireless charging, and even a stun gun. But how about a case that can scan people for hidden weapons?

That's exactly what Royal Holdings, a Los Angeles-based startup focused on real-time intelligence and threat detection, and run by former intelligence contractor Barry Oberholzer, aims to do with its SWORD smartphone attachment.

 

We at the ISDA would like to your feedback – do you see this technology being useful as an executive protection professional? How effective do you think this technology would be? Is it something you’d be interested in purchasing? Let us know in the comments. 

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