SafetyHandling
WARNING!
–DONOTshiftyourweightorsittingpositiontoward
thedirectionyouarereachingasthepersonal
transporterand/orseatingsystem(ifany)maytip
over.
–ALWAYSkeephandsandfingersclearofmovingparts
toavoidinjury.
–DONOTusewithabrokenormissingjoystickknob.
–DONOTuseifjoystickdoesnotspringbacktothe
neutralpositionorbecomesstickyorsluggish.
–DONOTuseifjoystickbootistornordamaged.
–DONOTengageordisengagethemotorlocksuntil
thepowerisintheoffposition.
ANotetoPersonalTransporterAssistants
Whenassistancetothepersonaltransporteruserisrequired,
remembertousegoodbodymechanics.Keepyourbackstraightand
bendyourkneeswhenevertiltingpersonaltransporterortraversing
curbsorotherimpediments.
WARNING!
–Also,beawareofdetachablepartssuchasarms,
legrests,ortheseat.TheseMUSTNEVERbeusedto
movethepersonaltransporterorasliftingsupports,
astheymaybeinadvertentlyreleased,resultingin
possibleinjurytotheuserand/orassistant(s)
Whenlearninganewassistancetechnique,haveanexperienced
assistanthelpyoubeforeattemptingitalone.
StabilityandBalance
WARNING!
–ALWAYSwearyourseatpositioningstrap.Theseat
positioningstrapisapositioningbeltonly.Itisnot
designedforuseasasafetydevicewithstandinghigh
stressloadssuchasautooraircraftsafetybelts.
Ifsignsofwearappear,beltMUSTbereplaced
IMMEDIATELY.
–DONOTuseoninclinesgreaterthan6°.
–DONOTuseoninclineswithwet,slippery,icyor
oilysurfaces.Thismayincludecertainpaintedor
otherwisetreatedwoodsurfaces.
–DONOTtraversedownrampsathighspeed.Doing
sowillreducetractionandincreasestoppingdistance.
–ALWAYStraversedownrampsatareduced,constant
speedtomaintainstabilityandtoavoidhardbraking
orsuddenstops.
–Theenduser’sweightcanmateriallyaffecttraction
onslopedsurfaces.Greatcareshouldbetakenwhen
traversingsuchslopes.
–ALWAYSreducespeedwhentravelingupordownan
inclineoroverobstaclesandroughterrain.Traveling
undertheseconditionsmayshifttheusersweight
forwardresultinginreducedstability.
–Exercisecautionandavoidsuddenstopswhen
travelingupordownaninclineoroverobstaclesand
roughterrain.Ifstoppingbecomesnecessaryunder
thesedrivingconditions,releasethejoystickandallow
thepersonaltransportertocometoafullstop.Then
proceedataslowerspeed
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