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SIDE SLOPE Side slope, side hill or side tilt is when you lean from left-to-right, or vice versa, not necessarily pointed up or down. As with hills, this too can lead to rollovers. APF
Oh yeah, APF means, A ... , that part of you anatomy nearest the seat cushion, Pucker Factor. It desperately sounds off and sucks the life out of the seat cushion as tilt approaches. It's almost impossible to shut off. And the good news is it usually goes crazy long before there is a problem. It relates to center of gravity treated in great detail in Volume II. That presents an advanced, unique way to cross an "impossible" side tilt.
No, release your APF! |
Fortunately,
all but a numb-butted few are blessed with a mechanism that senses
rubber-up danger. It's built into your mind, not your 4WD. I call it
APF. APF refers to an internal human side-tilt alarm that goes off with
great vigor when this kind of terror approaches. Some have more than
others, so it's wise to learn how sensitive your instrument is.