OPERATION
The aid of an attendant stabilizing the wheelchair is recommended for optimum safety. Wheelchair passengers who intend to enter and exit their Rampvan without the assistance of an attendant must determine the safest and most practical method and orientation of entering and exiting the Rampvan based on the physical characteristics of their personal wheelchair and his or her physical capabilities to maintain stability while the wheelchair is in motion on the Rampvan ramp.
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