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your brakes and they won’t have to do all the work. Descend slowly,
keeping your vehicle under control at all times.
0:
Are there
some
things
I
should not
do
when driving down
a
hill?
A:
Yes! These are important because if you ignore them you could lose
control and have a serious accident.
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When driving downhill, avoid turns that take you across the incline of
the hill. A hill that’s not
too
steep to drive down
may
be too steep to
drive across. You could roll over if you don’t drive straight down.
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Never go downhill with the transmission in NEUTRAL
(N),
or with the
clutch pedal depressed in a manual shift
.
This is called
“free-wheeling.” Your brakes will have to do all the work and could
overheat and fade.
Q:
Am
I
likely to stall when going downhill?
A:
It’s much more likely to happen going uphill. But if it happens going
downhill, here’s what to do.
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Stop your vehicle by applying the regular brakes. Apply the parking
0
Shift to PARK (P) (or to Neutral with the manual transmission) and,
brake.
while still braking, restart the engine.
1,
Shift back to a low gear, release the parking brake, and drive straight
down.
If the engine won’t start, get out and get help.
Driving Across
an
Incline
Sooner or later, an off-road trail will probably go across the incline of a hill.
If this happens, you have to decide whether to try to drive across the incline.
Here are some things to consider:
A
hill that can be driven straight up
or
down may be too steep to drive
across. When you go straight up or down a hill, the length of the wheel
base (the distance from the front wheels to the rear wheels) reduces the
likelihood the vehicle will tumble end over end. But when you drive
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