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Ascend or descend grades slowly.
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Under all travel conditions the vehicle should be operated at a speed that
will permit it to be brought to a stop in a safe manner.
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Do not indulge in dangerous activities, such as stunt driving or horseplay.
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Avoid running over loose objects, potholes, and bumps.
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To negotiate turns, reduce speed to improve stability, then turn steering
wheel in a smooth, sweeping motion.
Nameplates, Markings, Capacity, and Modifications
The user should maintain in a legible condition all nameplates, warnings and in-
structions which are supplied by the manufacturer.
The user should not perform any modification or addition which affects capacity
or safe operation of the vehicle, or make any change not in accordance with the
owner’s manual without the manufacturer’s prior written authorization. Where
authorized modifications have been made, the user should ensure that capacity,
operation, warning and maintenance instruction plates, tags or decals are changed
accordingly.
Changing and Charging Storage Batteries for Electric Vehicles
The user should require battery changing and charging facilities and procedures to
be in accordance with appropriate paragraphs of ANSI/NFPA 505. The user should
periodically inspect facilities and review procedures to be certain that appropriate
paragraphs of ANSI/NFPA 505, are strictly complied with and should familiarize car-
rier operators with it.
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At the beginning of each shift during which the vehicle will be used, the operator
should check the cart condition and inspect the tires, warning devices, lights, bat-
tery, speed and directional controllers, brakes, and steering mechanism. If the ve-
hicle is found to be in need of repair or in any way unsafe, the matter should be
reported immediately to the designated authority and the vehicle should not be
operated until it has been restored to proper operating condition.
Do not make repairs or adjustments unless specifically authorized to do so. Do not
operate a vehicle with a leak in the battery. Do not use open flames for checking
electrolyte level in storage battery.
Maintenance Procedures
Carriers may become hazardous if maintenance is neglected. Therefore, mainte-
nance facilities trained personnel, and procedures should be providing such facili-
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