Paravan PR Heavy Duty User Manual page 32

13. Driving your electric wheelchair
13.1 Insurance, civil liability insurance
We recommend speaking with your insurance advisor before starting use, so that the use of the electric
wheelchair is included in your insurance policies – in particular in your civil liability insurance.
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Please observe that for use on the public roads you may be legally required by the relevant legisla-
tion to have an insurance policy for use of your electric wheelchair.
Danger of personal injury when operating the electric wheel-
chair in a state not conforming to its state upon delivery.
Material damage to the electric wheelchair through non-au-
thorised or incorrectly installed components.
› Do not make any technical changes to your electric wheel-
chair.
› Only operate your electric wheelchair in its original state
upon delivery.
› Use only original or authorised replacement parts.
› The operational condition of the electric wheelchair should
be checked before any use of it.
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WA R N I N G
Driving your electric wheelchair
13.2 Functional checking before driving
For your own safety, you must check the following points before begin-
ning any trip.
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You may need to involve a second person for such a check.
› Check that the brakes are working.
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The brake release lever  must be positioned on "LOCK";
i.e. in its upward position.
› Charge state of your accumulators.
› Functional check on the lighting system:
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See Section "13.10.1 Using the brake release lever (emergen-
cy release)"
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See Section "21 Electrical system"
Driving your electric wheelchair
Fig. 24: Brake release lever (emergency
release)
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