Hill
and Mountain
Roads
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.
Driving on steep hills or mountains
is
different from
driving
in
flat or rolling terrain.
If
yo lon’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.
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