Driving The Scooter - Handicare TROPHY 20 User Manual

5.5 Driving the scooter

The scooter needs to be adjusted to your personal
needs before you begin driving it. After carrying out
all of the checks, take your seat on the scooter. See
'Mounting and dismounting'. You can now begin driving.
As the driver of the scooter, it is important to remember
that other people may not always notice you. Always
pay suffi cient attention to the people and traffi c around
you.
Forward drive and reverse drive (fi gure 12)
Forward drive with fi nger control:
• Switch the scooter on. See 'Switching on'
• Pull the lower part of the throttle slowly with your
fi ngers. The further you pull, the faster you will drive.
Reverse drive with fi nger control:
• Switch the scooter on. See 'Switching on'
• Pull the upper part of the throttle slowly with your
fi ngers. The further you pull, the faster you will drive.
Driving with foot throttle (fi gure 13):
• Switch the scooter on (see switching on).
• The scooter always starts up in forward direction.
• Push the foot throttle slowly. The further you push,
the faster you drive.
• For reverse direction simply push the reverse
direction key. Now the values in the display will be
fl ushing.
• Press this key again to select forward direction.
Automatically forward driving (If applicable)
Through cruise control the scooter can drive
automatically. When the cruise control button is
pressed, the scooter will continue driving the current
speed The cruise control will automatically switch off
when the reverse switch, cruise control switch, right or
left throttle switch, emergency stop, brake or throttle
button is pressed.
Warning!
Check to see that the space behind you is free before
driving in reverse.
The maximum speed for driving in reverse is half the
maximum speed for forward drive.
The speed regulator allows you to limit the maximum
speed in 10 steps for both forward and reverse drive.
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