1993 Buick Park Avenue Owner's Manual - Page 179

When you drive into a curve at night, harder to see it's the road ahead of you because it bends away from the straight beams of your lights. Thisis one good reason to drive slower. just as quickly straighten thewheel once you have avoided the object. You must then be prepared to steer back to your original lane and then brake to a controlled stop. Depending on your speed, thiscan be rather violent for an unprepared driver. This is one of the reasons driving experts recommendthat you use your safety belts and keep both hands on the steeringwheel. Steering in Emergencies There are timi% when steering can be more effective than braking. For example, you come over a hill and find a truck stopped in your lane, or a car suddenly pulls out from nowhere, or a child darts out between from parked cars and stopsright in front of you. You can avoid theseproblems by braking -- if you can stop in time. But sometimes you can't; there isn't room. That's the time for evasive action steering around the -problem. Your Buick can perform very well in emergencies like these. First apply your brakes. It is better to remove as much speed as you can from a possible collision. Then steer around the problem, to the left or right depending on the space available. An emergency like this requires close attention a and quick decision. If you are holding the steering wheel at the recommended 9 and 3 o'clock positions, you can turn it a full 180 degrees very quickly without removing either hand. But you have to act fast, steerquickly, and I D The factthat such emergency situations are always possible is a good reason to practice defensive driving at all times. 177