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being driven in a security motorcade with advance and chase vehicles, you
will be completely vulnerable to attack. You must, therefore, avoid choke
points, at least those that you must cross on a regular basis. This means
that you must consider your travel options when you are selecting a place
to live.
Avoid One-Lane Roads
The third rule has a similar reason behind it. Your preference should
always be to drive on a road with a few lanes rather than one. The reason
is simple: Narrow roads or single-lane roads are easy to block and afford
a potential attacker an easy place to set up an ambush. Roads with multi-
ple lanes allow a potential target to escape; criminals and terrorists tend
to avoid planning an ambush on such roads. However, roads with several
lanes allow for other types of attack, which we discuss below.
Watch the Car in Front of You
The fourth rule is always to pay attention to the vehicle directly in front
of you, especially if you are on a one-lane road or come to stop sign or
traffic light. The reason is clear. On a single-lane road, it is possible to
create an effective roadblock by merely having a car stopped in front of
you. The same is true if you're following closely behind a vehicle as it
comes to a place where you will normally expect a vehicle to stop, such as
at a red light or stop sign. In the United States and abroad, many tactical
enforcement teams use this technique during the arrests of potentially
dangerous criminals who are driving a car. This is the scenario: There is
one car directly in front of you and one behind you. The car in front
comes to stop sign and slows to stop. This is what you would expect any
car to do, so no alarm bells start to go off. The car behind you slowly pulls
up close to the rear of your vehicle. Again, it is doing what you'd expect
any ordinary car and driver to do. If the attackers are experienced, they
probably will put the lead car in reverse and begin to back slowly into your
vehicle. It is unlikely that your first reaction will be to think that you are
being attacked. Your natural reaction is to wonder what the driver in the
car in front of you is doing. Perhaps you even have time to blow your horn.
While your attention is fixed on the vehicle backing into you, several
armed individuals quickly exit the car that has moved up within inches of
