Operation
Braking and stopping
Braking and stopping
When the bus is driven over long
downhill stretches, you should make
use of the braking effect of the en-
gine by shifting into a lower gear.
Use the continuous brakes (retarder,
engine brake) to relieve the load on
the service brake.
Note:
Except for emergencies, the service brake
does not usually need to be applied
sharply.
Note:
Always apply the parking brake before
you disembark. On uphill and downhill
gradients, you must also chock the
wheels and turn the steering towards the
kerb.
Brakes with anti-locking protection
In a hazardous situation, the brake
pedal should be depressed fully. This
ensures that all wheels are braked
with ABS assistance and optimum
deceleration is achieved.
Note:
The retarder is deactivated automatically
for the duration of an ABS control inter-
vention.
Danger.
The anti-locking protection of ABS does
not relieve the driver of the responsib-
ility for adopting a driving style which
takes traffic and road conditions into ac-
count. While the directional stability and
steerability of the bus are improved un-
der braking, ABS is not able to avert the
consequences of driving at an unsafe dis-
tance from the vehicle in front or driving
too fast through corners.
Danger.
If the bus is towing a trailer that does not
have ABS, this trailer could be overbraked
if the brakes were applied with maxim-
um force. In this case, the driver must
keep an eye on the trailer in the rear-
view mirror. The bus equipped with ABS
remains steerable, thereby enabling the
driver to keep the entire vehicle combina-
tion stable.
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