How to Avoid Potential Roll-Over

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

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.

Courtesy: Caprihorse