PVO Flashcards
What are the 5 fundamentals of driving?
- Straight line braking
- Straight line acceleration
- Slow and smooth pedals (brake and gas)
- Slow and smooth steering inputs
- High Visual Horizon (eyes up)
What is a stable platform as it relates to driving?
keeping the vehicle’s weight evenly distributed evenly over all 4 tires.
What is ABS designed to do?
provide the driver with directional control during hard braking.
What is brake fade?
brake overheating from high use.
What is trail braking?
slow release of the brake pedal which minimizes weight shift and places weight where the driver needs it.
What is Rolling Friction?
the force which allows the vehicle to accelerate, stop or change direction.
Stopping distances are increased by….
skidding
What are the 2 proximate causes of collisions?
- Misuse and overuse of the brakes
2. misuse and overuse of the steering.
What are the 2 primary considerations when determining whether to initiate, continue or terminate a vehicle pursuit?
- public safety
2. safety of bureau members.
Officers should balance the ________ to the public created by allowing the suspect to escape against the danger to life and property inherent in pursuit situations
Risk
It should be the goal of officers to employee pursuit intervention strategies to prevent pursuits or to use the strategies to a pursuit as ________ as possible.
Quickly
Define Pursuit:
When a member initiates a vehicle stopping at the driver resists the order to stop, increases speed and/or takes evasive actions, and refuses to stop. This directive takes effect once the driver refuses to obey the member’s order.
What is Ramming?
Deadly Force
What is Barricading?
The intentional blocking/barricading of the roadway, by any means, to prevent passage of a pursued vehicle. Deadly Force
Officers should balance the ______ to the public created by allowing the suspect to escape against the danger to life and property inherent in pursuit situations
Risk
