Code 3 Driving School Inc. of Fresno, California has developed a revolutionary new drivers training program proven to reduce accidents. The program is based on a curriculum using the latest techniques and methods for collision avoidance. These techniques and methods were developed using current research in the areas of cognitive neuroscience, experimental psychology (testing proven techniques that work), and emergency vehicle operation techniques for collision avoidance.

Code 3’s training program simulates the program that California law enforcement uses to train its personnel. This curriculum is so successful that it is required every 2 years as a refresher course. The founder of Code 3, Michael Manzie and other Code 3 staff members were instrumental in developing this curriculum.

However, Code 3 has greatly expanded on law enforcement curriculum and has brought the discipline of cognitive neuroscience into its program. Code 3’s research consultant, Dr. Matthew Sharps, is a cognitive neuroscientist who has authored over 150 papers dealing with human cognition. Cognition is how the brain functions and what causes us to behave and respond in way we do.

The Code 3 drivers training program is centered on developing those techniques and methods that will prevent collisions, and ensuring that the operator will apply these successfully during a vehicle emergency.

Based on experience with the Code 3 drivers training program, Michael Manzie has developed the “Open Space” theory. This theory defines neurologically and in a mathematical model why accidents occur and the methods we can use to train ourselves, and our children to prevent accidents.

Manzie’s “Open Space” theory is receiving national attention as a preventative measure to accident problems.