When Driving; Setting the parking brake- Page 192

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When Driving

Brake

CAUTION



  Do not drive with your foot held on the 

clutch pedal or brake pedal, or hold 

the clutch pedal depressed halfway 

unnecessarily. Doing so could result in 

the following:



  The clutch and brake parts will wear 

out more quickly.



  The brakes can overheat and 

adversely affect brake performance.



  Always depress the brake pedal with 

the right foot. Applying the brakes with 

the unaccustomed left foot could slow 

your reaction time to an emergency 

situation resulting in insufficient braking 

operation.



  Wear shoes appropriate for driving in 

order to avoid your shoe contacting 

the brake pedal when depressing the 

accelerator pedal.

 Parking Brake

CAUTION

Driving with the parking brake on 

will cause excessive wear of the brake 

parts.

NOTE

For parking in snow, refer to Winter 

Driving (page 3-49) regarding parking 

brake use.

Setting the parking brake

Depress the brake pedal and then firmly 

pull the parking brake lever fully upwards 

with sufficient force to hold the vehicle in 

a stationary position.

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