@downtide
We must have had a Vulcan mind meld as I was thinking the same thing.
And an offensive driving course would look very much like the training given to the Secret Service agents assigned to Presidential protection.
They can’t just be reactive and be sitting ducks. They must be proactive, learning such techniques as doing a complete reverse turn on a seconds notice. This is dangerous stuff and requires a specific skillset and practice as it involves combining accelerating and braking in hazardous ways not usually done. I saw a demo of it and I sure couldn’t do that. The car was leaning at a precarious angle because of the sudden rotation. If the driver doesn’t know what he’s doing it can tip the car over and then you’re really stuck. It was fascinating stuff to watch.
They also learn off- road driving if necessary, crashing barricades when required and a whole bunch of very aggressive techniques which are hopefully totally unexpected to the bad guys. Those limos are really rather deceptive looking. In reality, they’re better constructed, reinforced and equipped than most all-terrain vehicles and/or tanks.
The documentary I was watching was granted limited access to the Secret Service training grounds but the full capabilities of the Presidential detail cars and the limos was not revealed for obvious reasons.
But driving those things is not for ordinary people like us. These guys have to first learn these aggressive techniques and then practice them frequently so its in muscle memory when needed.
I don’t know how many of their docs are available to watch free online but it was the Discovery Channel so you might be able to still find it. I think the title was something like Tales of the Secret Service. That may not be it exactly but I know that the words Secret Service were definitely part of the title.
And as @downtide mentioned, some of this is also taught and used by private security firms who protect business and govt. leaders in unstable regions of the world where kidnappings or assassination attempts are not unusual to encounter.
Offensive driving has saved many lives we probably never know about.