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Keep
your
vehicle in good shape. Check all fluid
levels and also
the
brakes, tires, cooling system and
transmission. 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.
A
CAUTION:
.
-.
Coasting downhill in
NEUTRAL
(N)
or
with the
ignition
otf
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
yo~~r engine
and
transmission, and you can climb the
hill
better.
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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
nmuntains 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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