Emergency Vehicle Operators Course - I
9/2/2001
This is how you make Los Angeles -> San Francisco in 4 hours!
SanFran-in4hours
An accident on the freeway
accident-enroutetoSanFran
Arriving in Dublin, CA
dublin-CA
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studentroster
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terrythreatensus
startofclass
Four cars going around the skidpad, it's crowded
4carsonskidpad
Just another abandoned Ford
abandonedcar
We used the parkinglot as part of the course
aroundtheparkinlot
Setting up the 'backing up' part of the course
anotherpartoftrack
Practicing high speed reverse through a course
backingupzigzag
Testing the brakes on the skidpad
brakesonskidpad
Here are our cars
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Driving in a circle on the skidpad - harder than it seems even at low speeds
circlesonskidpad
David posing in the car
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David checks out another student
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We're heading down to the skidpad
downtoskidpad
Following one of the instructors on the track
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Gary posing
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Gary again
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Swing to the left or right based on the light - which is random
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hazardavoidance
hazardavoidancecones
headingtoskidpad
At this point I thought the tires were really worn and that we were hard on them.. it gets worse.
ikilltires
instructorcomingback
Good slide on the skidpad
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instructoronskidpad
Aren't they supposed to instruct us??
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instructorsresting
Showing us a good, controlled slide
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instructorskids2
instructorspinsout
These guys are ruthless!
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kylegettinginstructed
kylepayingattention
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kylereadytorock
KyleRickDavidGary-Terry
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kyleturnsaway
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MVC-005F
Here I am
meincar
meinsheriffscar
moreskidpad
MVC-004F
Radio removed in this crappy car
noradio-shitford
onecaronskidpad
ontoskidpad
outintheparkinglot
partoftrack
This is a GOOD tire compared to what we did later
polishedtire
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rickbesidecar
rickgettinginstructed
rickincar
rickinshriffscar
RickKyleGaryDavid
rickonskidpad
rickposingincar
rickskids
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shitford
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skidpadtrafficjam
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studentsonskidpad
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waitingforzigzag
Plenty of meat left..
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