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tions involving e.g. slopes and driving sur-
faces with side gradients.
Drive around obstacles, such as cracks or
grooves in the roadway, railway tracks, sew-
er covers or other road hazards, as much as
possible.
Always drive toward smaller obstacles, such
as ledges/edges, slowly and at a straight
angle (90°). Drive forward and approach
to within approx. 0.5 m of the obstacle so
that the front and rear tyres pass over the
obstruction at the same time. If you fail to
do this, your wheelchair may fall over and
eject you!
Maintain a safe enough distance between
yourself and drop-offs, stairs, slopes, em-
bankments etc. that you have sufficient
space to react, brake and turn.
If possible, get one or more helpers to lift
you out of the wheelchair and carry you to
your destination.
If you drive down a step (e.g. a pavement
curb), it’s easy to fall out of the wheelchair
if your footplate(s) and leg support hit the
road surface. Be extremely attentive when
crossing railway tracks. – Accidental devia-
tion from your course!
It is impossible to navigate stairs safely with
ordinary electric wheelchairs.
Electrical system
Improper and/or inappropriate modifi-
cations to the driving characteristics may
affect the wheelchair and its safety. – Risk
of an accident!
The electrical control system of the
wheelchair must never be tampered with.
If the electric wheelchair is acting strangely
or driving uncontrollably, put the joystick
in neutral immediately and/or turn off the
wheelchair.
Carriage in public transport
Your electric wheelchair is not designed for
passenger transit in public transit vehicles.
There may be limitations. We recommend
using a seat that is affixed to the public tran-
sit vehicle.
If seated transport in the wheelchair is
nonetheless unavoidable, the following
precautions must be observed:
–
Use the space reserved by the public
transit company for disabled passen-
gers.
–
Before parking the wheelchair, ensure
that you are compliant with the regula-
tions of the transit company.
–
Park your wheelchair in the reserved
space so that it is facing the direction
of travel.
–
The wheelchair should be parked in the
reserved space with the backrest flush
against a supportive structure.
–
One side of the wheelchair should be
likewise be supported by an immov-
able structure so that the chair does
not slide during an accident or sudden
braking manoeuvre.
–
Ensure that the motors are set on drive
and that the parking brake is engaged.
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Follow the instructions in
Parking brake
on page 14.
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