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If you drive regularly in steep country, or if you’re
planning to visit there, here
are
some tips that can make
your trips safer and more enjoyable.
Keep your vehicle in good shape. Check all fluid
levels and also the brakes, tires, cooling system
and transaxle. These parts can work hard on
mountain roads.
Know how to go down hills. The most important
thing to know is
this:
let your engine
do
some of the
slowing down. Shift to a lower gear when you
go
down a steep or long hill.
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.
Coasting
downhill
in
NEUTRAL
(N)
or
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 well. You would then
have poor braking or even none going
down
a
hill.
You
could crash. Always have your engine
running
and
your
vehicle in gear when you go downhill.
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Know how to
go
uphill.
You
may want to
shift
down
to a lower gear. The lower gears help cool your engine
and transaxle, and you can climb the hill better.
Stay in
your
own lane when driving
on
two-lane
roads
in
hills or mountains. Don’t swing wide or cut
across the center
of
the road. Drive at speeds that let
you stay in your own lane.
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As
you go over the top of a
hill,
be alert. There could be
something
in
your lane, like a stalled car or an accident.
You
may see highway signs on
mountains
that warn of
special problems. Examples are long grades, passing
or
no-passing zones, a falling rocks area or winding
roads. Be alert
to
these and take appropriate action.
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