4 Safety Guidelines to Keep Safe While Driving in the Mountains

Many drivers will experience driving in mountainous areas in their transportation work, while the danger will increase a lot when driving in mountainous areas. So what points should we pay attention to when driving in the mountains as a driver?
 
▎1. The driving speed must be slow

When driving in the mountains, the first thing is to control the speed, especially when driving in an unfamiliar area. People who have driven through the mountains should know that the roads in the mountains are generally narrow, and there are many curves. The most important thing is the outside of the lane, which is usually a cliff or a steep slope.
 
So when we are driving, we must watch and listen to all directions, we must drive slowly and do not overtake. We must remember to honk the horn when crossing the curve to prevent vehicles from colliding.
 
▎2. The performance of braking must be guaranteed to be reliable

We should know that the main brake components of the truck are composed of two pairs of push rod and pressure spring, leather cup and cylinder, and the brake system of the truck includes the brake master cylinder, sub-pump, relay valve, air brake, air storage cylinder, drying bottle, gas line. In the process of driving in the mountains, we should pay attention to check whether there is any air leakage at each air path connection part.
 
▎3. Choose a low gear
 
When driving in the mountains, we need to choose a low gear when going up and downhill.
In the mountainous area, there are many uphill and downhill sections, so there are many places that we need to pay attention to.
 
When going uphill, we use a low gear, because the low gear can make the engine generate more torque to help us go uphill. When going downhill, the speed of the truck is easy to be too fast. When we drive in a low gear, we can use the traction of the engine to control the speed of the truck. Because excessively frequent braking can easily lead to overheating and failure of the braking system, or even complete failure.
 
At this time, some friends may mention that when we go downhill, can't we use neutral gear? In fact, this is completely undesirable, because driving in that way will cause the truck to go too fast, and even if you step on the brakes, it will cause the brake system to overheat and fail, resulting in a safety accident.
 
▎4. Attention must be kept focused

When driving in the mountains, there are many curves, so we often appear in the sun for a while, and in a cool place for a while. The constant switching can easily lead to visual fatigue, and it is difficult to see due to backlighting. This is often the case, which affects the driver's line of sight.
 
So when driving, be sure to pay attention. If you find some slight discomfort, try to take a break instead of driving with fatigue. Safety first.
 
Another thing to remind truck drivers is that we would rather make less money and keep ourselves safe.