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SAFETY ADVICE ON SLOPE PARKING
SUNDAY, JULY 23, 1989
MOTORISTS SHOULD TAKE EXTRA CARE WHEN PARKING THEIR VEHICLES ON A SLOPE AS IT IS MORE DIFFICULT TO PARK ON A GRADIENT THAN ON THE LEVEL GROUND, THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).
WHEN PARKING UPHILL, MOTORISTS SHOULD STOP THE VEHICLE AS CLOSE AS POSSIBLE TO THE NEARSIDE KERB AND LEAVE THE STEERING WHEEL TURNED CLOCKWISE WITH THE FRONT WHEELS AT AN ANGLE POINTING TO THE RIGHT.
IN THIS WAY. EVEN IF THE VEHICLE SHOULD ROLL BACKWARDS, IT WILL BE CHECKED BY THE FRONT WHEEL COMING AGAINST THE KERB.
HOWEVER, WHEN THERE IS NO KERB, THE STEERING WHEEL SHOULD BE TURNED ANTI-CLOCKWISE WITH THE FRONT WHEELS AT AN ANGLE POINTING TO THE LEFT. THEN, AT LEAST, THE VEHICLE WILL NOT
ACROSS
ROAD.
RUN
BACK
THE
FOR PARKING UPHILL A MOTORIST MUST LEAVE THE VEHICLE IN FIRST GEAR AND APPLY THE HANDBRAKE FIRMLY.
LEFT
BY
THE
STEERING WHEN PARKING DOWNHILL, THE
WHEEL SHOULD BE TURNED ANTI-CLOCKWISE WITH THE FRONT WHEELS AT AN ANGLE POINTING TO THE
BE SO THAT ANY FORWARD MOVEMENT OF THE VEHICLE WILL KERB.
CHECKED
REVERSE IN ADDITION, MOTORISTS MUST LEAVE THE VEHICLE IN AND APPLY THE HANDBRAKE FIRMLY.
QBAR
VEHICLES FOR
WITH AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, WHETHER PARKING UPHILL OR DOWNHILL, MOTORISTS MUST MAKE SURE THAT THE HANDBRAKE IS FIRMLY BEFORE USING THE SELECTOR "P" (PARK). MOTORISTS MUST OF FOLLOW THE ABOVE WHEEL TURNING PRACTICE.
AS MOVING IN OR OUT OF A PARKING SPACE IS MORE DIFFICULT SLOPE THAN ON THE FLAT AND TENDS TO TAKE MORE ROOM, MOTORISTS LEAVE A BIGGER GAP BETWEEN THE VEHICLES.
ON
COURSE
ON A SHOULD
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