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9. Driving with the user and overcoming obstacles.
◦ During walks, the stroller should always be held by the handle, and letting the stroller
loose so that it rolls freely is not allowed, because it deprives the user of help from the
caregiver and may be the cause of severe body injury as a result of hitting
e.g. an obstacle.
◦ To overcome the elevation of the terrain, you need to set the cart forward to the bearing
and push it, not pull it in. High dynamic stability of the stroller allows you to overcome
small and medium hills with the user in both a sitting and lying position. When
overcoming very large hills (obstacles), the user of the stroller should sit, and the caregiver
should ask for help from a third party if he has doubts about overcoming the obstacle
himself. When descending hills, the same rules must be followed. It should also be
remembered that large potholes and unevenness as well as too high speed of entering or
descending can cause the stroller to overturn.
◦ When overcoming sections of the road with boggy ground (e.g. snow, kicking sand, etc.),
it is advisable to pull the cart by the handle and not push.
◦ When making a turn with the stroller on a hard, relatively even ground, it is necessary to
lift its front wheels by pressing the handle of the stroller, change the direction of travel
and carefully lower them (does not apply to the option with swivel front wheels).
◦ When making a bend with the stroller behind a boggy and very uneven ground (roots,
stones, etc.), it is necessary to lift its rear wheels by raising the handle of the cart, change
the direction of the weir and carefully lower them.
When overcoming obstacles such as
single steps, thresholds, rails or curbs,
they should not be invaded. They
can be overcome after lifting the front
and then rear wheels to the necessary
height – see Figure 11
Fig. 11
◦ When carrying the stroller with the user (e.g. stairs, public transport, etc.), the stroller must
be grasped by the handle (1) and the carrying handle (11).
(always check the position of the safety devices (8) and (9) before doing so (see I.6, page
7)).
◦ When moving a folding stroller (without a user), the stroller should be grasped by the
armrests (6) or legs of the stroller (2) or the carrying handle (11).
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