Emirates Technical & Safety Development Centre

  

DESERT DRIVING (Course No DD-72)

 

 
Target Audience        :          All drivers holding a valid UAE driving license.
Location                     :          ETSDC premises or customer’s site and outside
Objectives                  :         To ensure that drivers fully understand the safe driving skills and techniques in the desert to avoid getting
                                                               stuck, lost, abandoned or rolled over.

Contents                     :                                                             

 

Ø          Desert safety box requirements

Ø          Route knowledge

Ø         Why need a 4 x 4 car

Ø         What is soft sand

Ø         The right tyre pressure in desert

Ø          How to avoid getting stuck

Ø          6 techniques to use for freeing a bogged vehicle

Ø          What is a sand dune                                         

Ø          How to climb a sand dune

Ø          How to descend a sand dune

Ø          How to choose the right way in the desert track

Ø          What rolls a car over and what is the evasive action

Ø          How to tow a stuck vehicle

Ø          How to deal with sand storm

Ø          How to deal with blow holes

Ø          How distances are deceptive in the desert                    

Ø          Survival in the desert

Ø          Navigation in the desert using a GPS

Ø          Basic first aid & fire fighting

Time                        :            One Day Course (5 to 6 Hours) Valid for 3 Years.