General Driving Tips - Fleetwood American Dream WIDE BODY 1998 Owner's Manual

9
DRIVING & VEHICLE CONTROL
Page 5 of5
GENERAL DRIVING TIPS
. Remember that your motor home is heavier than a car, making it less
maneuverable and harder to stop. Also, because of its greater side sUlface area,
it is more easily affected by cross winds and/or overtaking traffic. Allow extra
. distances for passing and stopping, and drive at a moderate speed, particularly.
in traffic and in gusty wind conditions.
Be aware of the extra height of youi' motor home. Check for low hanging
tree branches or other obstmctions whenever you drive or park. Avoid low
overhangs when pulling in for service. Always check overhead clearances of-
overpasses and blidges. Before leaving on a trip, check your route. Some
tunnels prohibit motor homes with LP gas systems.
When parking parallel to a curb, be sure to allow for poles or obstmctions
as tlie front and rear portions of the motor home swing wider than an
automobile. When parking on an incline, turn the front wheels into the curb in
the direction of the roll to aid the parking brake. When parking set the parking
brake.
WARNING
Do not park or idle the motor home over combustible
materials such as tall grass or dried leaves.
Combustible materials may catch fire from the hot
exhaust gases, soot or sparks thaLcould escape
through corrosion holes or cracks.This is particularly
important ifthe exhaust system has not been properly
-maintained.
Parking or idling should be done only in an area where there are no
combustible materials under the vehicle .
. If operating, parking or idling your vehicle off"l'Oad is unavoidable:
Be aware that combustible materials could catch tire from the
vehicle's hot exhaust system.
-- Avoid driving your vehicle through or over combustible materi-
als such as leaves, grass, vegetation or stubble high enough to
touch, catch or collect on its hot exhaust system.
=============
American Dream
=============
© 1997 Fleetwood Enterprises Inc.
Wide Body
ISSUE DATE: 6/97
AU rights re~erVed
1-