How to Avoid Potential Roll-Over

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In many situations, you can sometimes land in the position as it is showed here in this image.

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This can happen mainly when you are approaching the dune with the wrong angle and the gravity is forcing you down.

No 1. is showing the desired track.

For some reason, you can make it, so the gravity is pushing you down (2).

If you are trying to fight the gravity and steering your front wheels up and trying come again up to the track, in the light scenario is that you’ll get pop-out on your front right tyre or in the worst scenario, the roll-over is guaranteed. The explanation is very simple; the front part, where is concentrated the biggest part of your mass, is standing as the rotating point and the rear (lighter) part is rotating around the front point (3).

To avoid such situation, you need to have always coded in your brain – “Turn the front wheels down, down, down…” and don’t hit your breaks, until your entire car is positioned vertically.

In another case, there is an option to open your gas throttle fully, steer your front wheels up in fragments of second and spin your rear part down (4, 5). But this technique is only for advanced drivers and if it is possible to apply, depends on the terrain and the density of sand. As the sand is more powdery, as much you can apply it. Any hidden stones or grass, would lead to fatal accident.

In attached picture the driver was just lucky that his front wheels are more less in horizontal position (3) and he got stuck painlessly (I’m not talking about his ego). It looks like, it’s just needed to switch into 4L, 1st gear and steer the front wheels down; he should come out easily. No need for a shovel or pulling at all.
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caprihorse;8513 wrote:
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It looks like, it’s just needed to switch into 4L, 1st gear and steer the front wheels down; he should come out easily. No need for a shovel or pulling at all.
He couldn't tern down or up, because he created special dunes surrounding the tire and the car was completely sitting on its chassis. No traction at all. Removing sand was not an easy labor work. Whatever we removed it was forming again due the soft sand.
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Desert King;8514 wrote:He couldn't tern down or up, because he created special dunes surrounding the tire and the car was completely sitting on its chassis. No traction at all. Removing sand was not an easy labor work. Whatever we removed it was forming again due the soft sand.
This is also the point. If the car is sitting on the stomach, then only Viking can help.
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...and some times the driver wants to follow exactly the same track of the car in front of him though he has different car, skills and speed but insist to drive on the same track which ends up in pop out, damaged bumper or in worst case a rollover.
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Roll over is always a potential result for wrong descision, lake of experiance and fatal mistakes sometimes due to surprizes you face while driving.
Capri mentioned a type of them where it happens often and there are several types more, the major concept is dont fight the gravity as well speed may help in avoiding roll overs.
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se7es77;8523 wrote:speed may help in avoiding roll overs.
Yes, it will help in some cases. Imagine while you are speeding if one of your tires which is on higher side, hit any hard surface what will happen? Such roll overs will be worst scenario. I have witnessed such incidents.
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What you need to do in a scenario like the one pictured in the first post is ....first and foremonst you need to anchor the car to another on the opposite side of where it might roll.

In the picture firstly one car should have driven up parallel to the sides of the Nissan on top of the dune and a strap should be attached to ancor the car and prevent a roll over while it is being recovered.

This has saved many a cars
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NaSeR;8522 wrote:...and some times the driver wants to follow exactly the same track of the car in front of him though he has different car, skills and speed but insist to drive on the same track which ends up in pop out, damaged bumper or in worst case a rollover.
I agree, Strictly enforcing the rules to follow other cars does help sometimes, but also leads to situations like these.
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NaSeR;8522 wrote:...and some times the driver wants to follow exactly the same track of the car in front of him though he has different car, skills and speed but insist to drive on the same track which ends up in pop out, damaged bumper or in worst case a rollover.
very good point NaSeR. i guess this is one of the reason nobody even thinks about.
well spotted :045:
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Have a look at the pictures:

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Stuck Position

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Precautions

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Work begin

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On the move

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Almost safe position[LEFT]
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Final Stage

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Finally done
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