Figure 5-2.—Proper turning.PARKINGWhen parking in the parking lane on a street, youshould move as faraway from traffic as possible. Wherethere is a curb, pull close to it; you must not park morethan 1 foot away. Always park on the right side of theroadway, unless it is a one-way street.Make sure your vehicle cannot roll. Set the parkingbrake, and shift to park with an automatic transmissionor reverse with a manual transmission. Turn the frontwheels to keep your vehicle from rolling into the street.(See fig. 5-3.) Before you exit your vehicle, look overyour shoulder to the rear to make sure the way is clear.BACKING UPBacking into other vehicles, objects, power lines, orpeople is considered negligence on the part of theoperator. To avoid backing mishaps, you should use thecommon practices that are used in the NCF. Thesepractices are as follows:1.2.Blow the horn at least twice before reversing thevehicle. This alerts personnel in the surroundingarea that a vehicle is preparing to backup.Exit the vehicle and survey the area for itemsyou cannot see from the cab of a truck orequipment before backing in an unfamiliar area.Check the following: low power lines, fire3.hydrants, warning poles, guy wires, parkedvehicles, and other obstacles.Use a backup guide (signal person). The backupguide signals you from the rear of your vehicleas you perform your backing operations. Surveythe area and communicate with the backup guideso you both have an understanding of thebacking operation.Figure 5-3.—Positioning the wheels of a parked vehicle.5-3
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