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    • Class and Course
    1. NExT
    2. Health Safety and Environment (HSE)
    3. Defensive Driving - Light Vehicles

    Defensive Driving - Light Vehicles

    • Skill
    • 2 Days
    • classroom1Classroom

    Course Objective

    • Driving safely in any route and in any situation is preferable and recommended to avoid accidents that can lead to injury or even death. It is, therefore, important to assess the importance of being able to drive safely and making sure to take off your safety alongside the safety of others on the road. The course is based on the driving environment in the country and company Regulations and aims to minimize death, injury, and damage resulting from Road Traffic Accidents. The course will raise participant’s defensive driving skills, visual skills, knowledge of vehicle limitations, and a driver’s responsibility to other road users. The course will assess the overall competency of drivers on and off the road in order to assess their competency in driving safely. 
    The following points shall be discussed in this course:
    • Pre-use Vehicle Checks.
    • Sacrament of loads.
    • Importance of Vehicle Separation.
    • Reaction Time.
    • Passenger Safety.
    • Desert Driving Techniques.
    • Desert Services Techniques.
    • Procedure to be adopted when stuck in the desert sand.
    • Basic Navigation.
    • Tire Management.
    • The rules of desert safety.
    • Drugs & Alcohol effects.
    • Driving in the dust.
    • Driving in Sand Storm.
    • Rules, Regulations, and Driver Responsibility, for the country and Company Regulations.
    • Driving conditions.
    a) Fog

    b) Rain
    c) City

    d) Off-Road

    e) Sand Storm

    f) Night Driving

    • Daily and weekly check.
    • Visual search skill.
    • Defensive driving techniques.
    • Pedestrian
    • Lane Management
    • Reverse and Parallel Parking.
    • Safe distance
    • Overtaking
    • Driver’s attitude
    • Communication
    • Seat belt
    • Vision
    • Hazards on the Road.
    • Intersection
    • Traffic signs
    • Mirror
    • Fatigue Management
    • Blind Spot
    • Demonstration of defensive driving by the instructor
    • Cadence braking
    • Practical defensive driving by participants
    • Quality of defensive driving
    Activities
    • Classroom with Theoretical and Practical Implementation

    • Any worker with a vehicle drives it for work and personal purposes.

    • Improvement in vehicle handling.
    • Improved driving awareness.
    • Improved hazard perception.
    • Overall improvement in Off-Road Desert Driving.
    • Learn essential defensive driving techniques the reduce accidents – related costs, injury, and fatalities.
    • To ensure all drivers develop safe, defensive driving habits and attitudes.
    • Reduce insurance claims, lost work time, and vehicle repairs by lowering the number of accidents.
    • Recognize potential driving hazards and demonstrate appropriate driving.

    • Valid Driving License. 

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