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Driving Across an Incline
Sooner
or later, an off-ro.ad:trail will probably go across
the incline of
a hill.. If
this happens, you have to decide
wheth.er
to
try to drive a-cross the incline.
Here are
some.
things to consider:
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For reasuns like these, yqu need to decide cwehll'y
whether
tci
try
to drive across
an
incline. Just -because
the
trail goes across the incline.
duesn'r-mean
you have to
drive it. The l.ast vehicle to
t r y
it
might hi
rolled over.
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Drivbg across an incline that's too stee.p will
make-your vehicle roll over. You could be
seriously injured or kilIed.
If
you have any doubt
about the steepness of the incline,. don't drive-
across it. Find another route instead.
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What if
I'm
driving -across an incline that's-not
too steep, but I hit some loose gravel and-start to
slide downhi11. What should I do?
.A:
If you feel your vehicle starting to slide sideways,
turn downhill.
This
should help straighten
out
.the.
vehicle and prevent the side slipping.
-HoW.ever, a
much better way to prevent this
is
to get'out
and
"walk the course" so you know what the surface is
like. before
you drive
it.
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