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Practice Riding
You will need to become very familiar with your Segway PT before you
attempt to ride outside of your controlled practice environment. The more
you practice, the safer you will be when you move into new places. Remember
the following as you practice:
• Use the Beginner Setting and ride in areas free of obstacles and
distractions until you are comfortable on your PT. Practice at the
Beginner level until you can step on, ride forward and backward,
turn, stop, and step off with the same precision and confidence as
you walk.
• With practice, you should be able to ride in narrow areas. You
should also be able to ride, turn, and stop on a narrow, curving,
paved walkway.
• Until you can ride with this precision, do not attempt to ride in
any area where you might encounter children, pedestrians, pets,
vehicles, bicycles, or other obstacles and potential hazards.
• Your first rides without the Beginner Setting should be in the same
secure areas where you learned to ride with the Beginner Setting.
• Use caution when riding in new environments.
• Be careful when riding through a doorway.
• Make sure you leave enough Wheel clearance.
• Watch out for terrain transitions such as pavement and grass.
Figure 54: Riding Hazards
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