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Route Directer John Spiller hands out some great advice for participants at this years 2020 Gulf News Over-nighter Fun Drive in Tilal Swaihan, Al Ain. Have fun and be safe at the Gulf News Fun Drive with essential tips from Route Director John Spiller.
#DuneBash #Safety #HaveFun
Route Directer John Spiller hands out some great advice for participants at this years 2020 Gulf News Over-nighter Fun Drive in Tilal Swaihan, Al Ain. Have fun and be safe at the Gulf News Fun Drive with essential tips from Route Director John Spiller.
#DuneBash #Safety #HaveFun
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00:00Hello, I'm John Spiller and I'm the Root Director of the Golf News Fund Drive.
00:09And I'm going to tell you how to have fun on it.
00:12You will have fun, but listen to a few tips and a few bits of advice to help you have
00:17fun.
00:18First of all, before you leave home in the week leading up to the Fund Drive, read everything
00:23that's sent to you by Golf News.
00:26It's got the instructions, it tells you what to do in different situations and tells you
00:30how to get to the start and what to do when you have a problem.
00:35Then your vehicle.
00:37Check your tyres are in good condition, check they're inflated, but most importantly, check
00:42that your spare wheel has got air in it.
00:45Make sure you've got your jack and your wheel brace, the spanner for undoing your wheel
00:48nuts and obviously check your oil and water in the car.
00:52And if you don't go in the desert very often, make sure you know how to put it into four
00:57wheel drive.
01:00Just take some basics with you, never go to the desert without a good supply of water.
01:04Take some sandwiches, some biscuits just in case.
01:07On the safety side, carry a first aid kit.
01:10Basic equipment, you need a pressure gauge, check your tyres, you need a shovel to dig
01:17yourself out or dig other people out.
01:19And naturally you need a rope so that you can pull people out or people can pull you
01:24out.
01:25And one little simple piece of advice is to take a little piece of wood, a plank, to put
01:29your jack on on the sand.
01:31It'll help you changing wheels or jacking your car out of the sand.
01:38On the day of the fun drive, or rather the night before, fill your car up with fuel.
01:42Then you sign on, you register, you get your route information, you then need to deflate
01:46your tyres.
01:47Now, you should have a pressure gauge, so drop the pressures to about 16 or 18 pounds.
01:53Then don't forget to engage four wheel drive if you don't have permanent four wheel drive.
01:59When you get to the start, don't forget to reset your odometer, your trip meter to zero
02:04so that you can follow the road book and the instructions to get you round the route.
02:10When it comes to driving, there's so many cars out there, you have to pay attention
02:15to certain obvious risks.
02:17Keep a gap between you and the car in front.
02:20If it's dusty, hang well back and don't drive fast in the dust.
02:24And when it gets to tricky technical sections through the dunes, hold back until the car
02:29in front of you has got through that particular section.
02:35Never forget that in order to have fun, you need to be safe.
02:38Your passengers are your responsibility and you have to make sure that you conduct a safe
02:45car.
02:46Remember to make sure that everybody does up their seatbelts, preferably drive with
02:50the windows up.
02:51It keeps the sand out and if there was any sort of fall over, it keeps people inside
02:56the car.
02:57Pay particular attention where you've got young children inside and outside the car,
03:02particularly in a recovery situation where children are running around on the sand.
03:06Keep them well back out of the way.
03:08When you have a problem in the sand, we have plenty of marshals to help you, but do obey
03:13their instructions and do it implicitly what they ask of you.
03:17Apart from that, enjoy the sand, but importantly, take your rubbish with you.
03:24Then finally, after the event, well done for getting round, but don't forget to re-inflate
03:30and if you have a nice handy little inflator, that would be great and then get the sand
03:36out of the car using one of these dust busters and your car will be ready to go to the office
03:42Finally, to let you into a little secret, Black & Decker have a car washing facility
03:47at the end of the, which will also be open in the morning, where you can go and have
03:52your car washed or you can wash it yourself and help clean it up and they'll have all
03:57their products, their related products available for you.
04:01So have fun and a good drive.