Things to remember after Parking

After parking your vehicle at designated place, you need to follow the guidelines given below.

• After parking the vehicle, before opening the door, check your mirrors and blind spots for pedestrians, bicycles or other vehicle.
• Do not leave children alone in a parked vehicle.
• Do not leave your pets in a parked vehicle.
• Before leaving your parked vehicle, you must ensure that you have applied the hand brake. When parking on uphill or downhill, you should also make sure that the vehicle is engaged in first or reverse gear. For automatic transmission vehicle, put the vehicle in parking mode.
• When the vehicle is parked on uphill or downhill section of a kerbed road, be sure that the front wheels are turned in such a manner that if the vehicle starts rolling, it gets arrested by the kerb.
• If you are outside your parked vehicle, you should remove the key out of the ignition slot. It is also important to lock all doors and windows if nobody is left inside the vehicle.
• Before moving the vehicle from a stationary position, you must signal for at least five seconds, check mirrors and blind spots.