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Trump Airbag: how drivers are prepared for US presidents

Think you drive well? Imagine that at work you are required to flawlessly perform the most difficult maneuvers. This is much more than just emergency driving.

Here it is called "defensive driving", which has only one task.

“Take the passenger out of the dangerous zone – the affected area, one might say – to a safe place as quickly as possible,” quotes Present Tense Assistant to the Special Agent of the US Secret Service, Thomas Murach.

All agents and officers of the Secret Service take a five-day driving course on this 550-meter track.

But even this is not enough to get behind the wheel of the presidential limousine, which is called “Cadillac Number One” or “The Beast”. Driving this nine-ton armored vehicle will require additional training.

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Considered even more difficult is the course of driving motorcycles that accompany the motorcade.

“He is heavy, almost 400 kilograms. And there are only two wheels. But it teaches you how to do things you can't even imagine,” says technical services officer Lamas Lloyd.

But these are not the only two-wheeled Secret Service vehicles. In addition, agents and officers must be able to drive all-terrain vehicles and even electric golf mobiles.

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In addition to the “Beast”, there is also a presidential bus – the land “Air Force No. 1”.

Since the edge of the pavement is differently shaped in different countries, two types of curbs are made on the training platform so that off-road drivers learn to correctly overcome them.

Secret Service driver training began only in 1970. Since then, cars have become more difficult, and this is reflected in the program.

“In the past we taught something called threshold inhibition. If the car is not equipped with an anti-lock braking system, you must brake so that the wheels are on the verge of locking,” recalls Tomas Muracz.

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Machines have become better, and some elements have been removed from the program, for example, associated with resistance or tire adhesion on a wet road.

Cross-country driving instruction takes place partly in the classroom.

Preparation of individual events requires long rehearsals - for example, the inauguration of the president, during which the limousine travels more slowly than usual, which becomes an additional risk factor.

The secret service protects not only the president and vice-president and their families, but also the former presidents and their wives, as well as visiting foreign leaders and key candidates in the presidential election.

Secret Service drivers are the most important safety cushion for high-ranking passengers.

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