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Your Driving and the Road
Stalling
on an
Incline
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If your vehicle stalls
passengers) get out
open. If you get out
when you're crossing an incline, be sure you (and your
on the uphill side, even
if the door there is harder to
on the downhill side and the vehicle
starts to roll over,
you'll be -right in its path.
I f you have to walk down the slope, stay
out
of the path the vehicle
will take
i f it does roll over.
CAUflON
a
,Getting
out
on
the downhill (tow) side of
a vehicle stopped
across
an
incline
is
dangerous.
If the vehicle roils over,
you
could
be
crushed
or
killed.
Always get out
on
the uphill (high)
side
of
the vehicle and
stay well clear of
the
rollover path.
Driving In Mud, Sand, Snow, Or
Ice
When you drive
in mud, snow or sand, your wheels won't get good traction.
longer braking distances.
It's
best
to
use a low gear when you're
in mud-the deeper
the mud, the
lower the gear. In really deep mud, the idea is to keep your vehicle moving
so you don't get
stuck.
'.
You can't accelerate as quickly, turning is more
difficult, and you'll need
When you drive on sand, you'll sense a change in wheel traction. But it
will
depend upon how loosely packed the sand is. On loosely packed sand (as
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