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Your Driving and the Road
Know how to go down hills. The most
important thing to know is this: let
your engine do some of the slowing
down. Don't make your brakes do it
all. Shift to a lower gear when you go
down a steep or long hill. That way,
you will slow down without excessive
use of your brakes.
If
you don't shift down, your
brakes could get so hot that
they wouldn't work well. You
would then have poor braking or
even none going down a hill. You
could crash. Shift down to let your
engine assist your brakes on a steep
downhill slope.
2
Coasting downhill
in
,
N
(Neutral) o r with
the
ignition
off
is dangerous,
Your
brakes will
have
to
do all
the work of slowing
down, They could
get so
hot
that
they wouldn't work weiL
You
could
crash. Always have
your
engine
running
and
your
vehicle in
gear
when
you go
downhill.
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