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IX. SAFETY
DOOR OBSTACLE
• Determine in advance if the door opens towards or away from you.
• Use your hand to turn the knob or push/pull the door open.
• Drive your scooter gently and slowly forward to push the door open. Or drive your scooter gently and
slowly backward to pull the door open. It is always a better choice to walk your scooter through a door
entrance/exit.
UP OR DOWN STAIRS OR ESCALATORS
Your scooter is not designed to travel up or down stairs or escalators. Always use an elevator.
WARNING!
Never use your scooter to negotiate steps or elevators. You may cause injury
to yourself and others and damage your scooter.
IN OR OUT OF ELEVATORS
Modern elevators have a door edge safety mechanism that when you push, reopens the elevator door.
If you are in the doorway of an elevator when the doors begin to close, push on the rubber door edge or
allow the rubber door edge to contact the scooter and the door will reopen. Take care that
pocketbooks, packages, or scooter accessories do not become caught in elevator doors.
ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERFERENCE
Radio waves from mobile phones, radio receivers or other transmitters such as radio and TV stations
could affect your scooter’s performance if your scooter is in the range of their influence. See section
X “ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERFERENCE” for details.
WARNING!
Do not attempt to negotiate a curb that has a height greater than 25mm without an attendant.
WARNING!
Do not attempt to have your scooter proceed backwards down any step, curb, or other obstacle. This
may cause your scooter to tip and cause personal injury.
WARNING!
You should not operate your scooter on public streets and roadways. Obey all local pedestrian traffic
rules. Wait until your path is clear of traffic, and then proceed with extreme caution.
