Vehicles · SAG-AFTRA
Vehicle work — picture cars, chase choreography, cannon-rolls, pipe-ramps, pod-car driving, Russian-arm chase rigs. Any production with a moving vehicle in a stunt-coordinated context is governed by Bulletin #17 in addition to Bulletin #14's general stunt requirements.
Context
Vehicle stunts compound risk: a driving error doesn't only injure the precision driver, it potentially injures the camera car, the chase support, and any crew or pedestrians along the chase route. Bulletin #17 codifies the road-closure requirement for any chase choreography, the precision driver's HANS-device + fire-suit + fuel-cell baseline rig, and the camera-car / chase-car separation during high-speed work. Modern Russian-arm and pod-car rigs add their own sub-procedures within the bulletin: pod-car briefings include actor abort training, and Russian-arm camera operators rehearse the chase geography off-camera before any live take.
Requirements
Editorial summary of the bulletin's load-bearing requirements. The canonical PDF is the authoritative source — these are the surface points referenced in production safety briefings.
Chase sequences require permitted, closed roads with police-escort traffic control. No "cheating" against open traffic.
HANS device, full fire suit, fuel cell with quick-disconnect, six-point harness. Picture car has a roll cage rated for the choreography.
Camera car and picture car maintain a calculated separation throughout the chase. The Russian arm is reach-tested off-take to confirm clearance.
Every chase is rehearsed at progressively higher speeds before the principal take. First-time-at-performance-pace is prohibited.
Vehicles intended for cannon-roll or pipe-ramp gags carry a remote-piloted dummy first to confirm impact geometry before live performer takes.
Governs
Rigging glossary entries whose work is governed by this bulletin. Click through for the mechanism breakdown.
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The pyrotechnic-driven barrel roll that sends a picture-car flipping end-over-end. The signature shot of the Bond and Mission: Impossible chase tradition.
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The buried steel-ramp gag that lifts a moving vehicle into a barrel-roll without a cannon. Lower-budget cousin of the cannon-roll, used for chases where the rotation is less violent.
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A picture-car driven from a roof-mounted pod by a precision driver while the actor sits inside, free to perform without operating the controls.
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The gyro-stabilised camera crane mounted on a fast camera-car. The standard tracking rig for vehicle chases since the early 2000s.
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