Friday 28th January 2011

BMW's Driver Training Course With A Twist

Bombs, roadblocks and ambushes - this ain't your usual driving day

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Despite any rumours you may have heard, this is not the PH office team caught on CCTV on the way to work, but a promotional video trailing BMW's high-security driver training programme.

We've been on a few driver training courses in our time, and we freely admit that they would have been far more exciting if ambushes, explosions and roadblocks had been involved. And if the course had taken place on a former Soviet base in Germany that was the largest cold war military airfield in Europe...

This, though, is not a training course for the average driver, but for professional drivers of 'security vehicles'. Shame. Still, could be a useful course to book yourself on, should you ever find yourself chauffeuring high-end diplomats around the place...

 

[Imafreeman]

Very useful in Nottingham

[Gaygle]

lol is that Laurence Fishburne giving the voice over?

[Olf]

Boring.

[Greg 172]

If I didn't know otherwise I'd be inclined to think this was a parody. Moral of the story seems to be that if you have a major accident just hope that the first person to turn up isn't a high profile VIP.

"Have you called the Police and the ambulance?"

"No, I unconcious you patronising git...."

[Riggers]

Gaygle said:

lol is that Laurence Fishburne giving the voice over?

Sounds to me like a cross between Morgan Freeman and Sheriff John Bunnell (ret'd) from World's Wildest Police Videos...

[Stu R]

I'd love to do some driver training along these lines. I'm not sure why as it'd never get used, but it's a set of skills I'd love to have. I think I could just about muster up a J-turn at present, other than that I'd just end up going for the smash

[Chris71]

Morethan Freeman perhaps?

[Smokin Donut]

They don't mess about, wonder if they really use new cars every time, would get expensive quickly.

[dwilkie]

The "road explosion" one didn't seem that useful... It's a good job all the explosives were laid in precise patterns to drive around don't you think? You know, rather than forming a solid line across the road... Or indeed staggered randomly?

[Ed.]

Doesn't make very good viewing with the goodies and badies in the same cars, have these people never watched any 80's tv shows?

[mylesmcd]

Floor it.


All you need to know.


Next.

[anonymous-user]

"skilled driving" ?? if that the ability to see mines underground and drive around them? (or maybe BMW's security products are fitted with "Minetronic" ;-)

(ps. i bet that lot HATE electronic handbrakes and gear selectors......)

[jas xjr]

nigel , your thread is here!

[Riggers]

Max_Torque said:

"skilled driving" ?? if that the ability to see mines underground and drive around them? (or maybe BMW's security products are fitted with "Minetronic" ;-)

(ps. i bet that lot HATE electronic handbrakes and gear selectors......)

Full-speed reverse, full lock, then crash as you fiddle with those damn joystick-style gearsticks in a vain attempt to get it into first before the terrorists catch up...

[markmullen]

I might do that course one day, looks a laugh;

Basic training €900
Advanced training €2500
Intensive training €3400

[Stu R]

markmullen said:

I might do that course one day, looks a laugh;

Basic training €900
Advanced training €2500
Intensive training €3400

group buy?

[Matman]

That is clearly a parody.

With the 'person' completely ablaze in the first case, you say via a loud-hailer 'Hello? . . . . are you hurt? . . . . . have you phoned an ambulance with that piece of melted plastic that used to be your phone?'

The whole movie was hilarious!

[Robatr0n]

jas xjr said:

nigel , your thread is here!

I thought pretty much the same!

[Stew2000]

It makes me want an S600 S-Guard even more.

[infradig]

Armoured 7ers seem to be the default choice in London these days for people with real security issues. Even the US Ambassador who must be even better protected than the PM is to be seen whizzing arond the West End in one,shadowed by Met Range Rover. Lets hope his driver has proper Met Diplomatic Protection or US Secret Service training and not just played on an airfield with flashbangs for an afternoon.