2.0 SAFETY
2.1 GETTING STARTED
For personal safety before operating the vehicle, it is the operator’s responsibility to read, understand and follow the
basic rules of operation and maintenance instructions in this manual. If you are responsible for the use of the vehicle,
it is your responsibility to inform the person or persons using the vehicle about the following basic rules of operation
for their personal safety.
It is Columbia ParCar Corporation’s specific recommendation that the following warnings must be observed at all
times. Not all are repeated throughout this manual, but the recommendations included must be observed whenever
these subjects (vehicle operation hazards, battery hazards, etc.) are encountered.
Be a safe operator. Electric vehicles are only as safe as the person who is at the controls. If accidents are to be
prevented, and they most certainly can be prevented, operators must accept their full measure of responsibility. While
the designer, the manufacturer and the safety engineer can help minimize the possibility of an accident, their
combined efforts can be erased by a single careless act.
2.2 SAFETY GUIDELINES
Observe the following guidelines for safe operation.
Define
where
vehicles may be driven.
Define
who
should be allowed to drive the vehicle.
Instruct first-time drivers.
Maintain vehicles
in a safe driving condition.
Enforce
safe-driving
rules
.
2.3 SAFETY VEHICLE STATEMENTS
This vehicle will not provide protection from lightning, flying objects, or other storm related hazards. If
driving the vehicle in a storm, leave the vehicle and take shelter as per safety guidelines for your location.
Failure to maintain the vehicle properly or any modifications or changes that affect the stability, steering
or that results in increased speed beyond factory specifications could result in vehicle damage, severe
personal injury or death.
2012 Summi
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