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Emergency Equipment
It is good practice to carry an
emergency equipment kit in your
vehicle. One day, if you have a
roadside emergency, you will be glad
the following items are with you:
• window scraper
• snow brush
• container or bag of sand or salt
• emergency light
• warning triangles
• small shovel
• rst aid kit
• re extinguisher
• vehicle recovery hitches (see
Vehicle
Recovery Guidelines on
page 2-
12 for details).
Driver's Check List
To keep your vehicle in top shape and
maintain a high level of safety for you,
your passengers, and your load, make
a thorough inspection every day before
you drive. You will save maintenance
time later, and the safety checks
could help prevent a serious accident.
Please remember, too, that Federal
Motor Carrier Safety Regulation 392.7
requires a pre-trip inspection and so
do commercial trucking companies.
You
are not expected to become a
professional mechanic. The purpose
of your inspections is to nd anything
that might interfere with the safe and
efcient transportation of yourself, any
passengers, and your load. If you do
nd something wrong and cannot x it
yourself, have an authorized dealer or
qualied mechanic repair your vehicle
right away.
The following
operations are to be
performed by the driver. Performing
these checks and following the
maintenance procedures in this
manual will help keep your vehicle
running properly.
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