• Ease up on your speed as you approach the top ofthe hill.• Attach a flag to the vehicle to make you morevisible to approaching traffic on trails or hills.• Sound the horn as you approach the top of the hillto let opposing traffic know you are there.• Use your headlamps even during the day. Theymake you more visible to oncoming traffic.{CAUTION:Driving to the top (crest) of a hill at full speedcan cause an accident. There could be adrop-off, embankment, cliff, or even anothervehicle. You could be seriously injured orkilled. As you near the top of a hill, slow downand stay alert.Q: What should I do if my vehicle stalls, or is aboutto stall, and I cannot make it up the hill?A: If this happens, there are some things you shoulddo, and there are some things you must not do?First, here is what you should do:• Push the brake pedal to stop the vehicle andkeep it from rolling backwards. Also, apply theparking brake.• If your engine is still running, shift the transmissionto REVERSE (R), release the parking brake, andslowly back down the hill in REVERSE (R).• If your engine has stopped running, you will need torestart it. With the brake pedal pressed and theparking brake still applied, shift the transmission toPARK (P) and restart the engine. Then shift toREVERSE (R), release the parking brake,and slowly back down the hill as straight as possiblein REVERSE (R).• As you are backing down the hill, put your left handon the steering wheel at the 12 o’clock position.This way you will be able to tell if your wheels arestraight and maneuver as you back down. It isbest that you back down the hill with your wheelsstraight rather than in the left or right direction.Turning the wheel too far to the left or rightwill increase the possibility of a rollover.4-23
