1993 Buick Park Avenue Owner's Manual - Page 200
1993 Buick Park Avenue Manual
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Driving on Snow or Ice Most of the time, those places where your tires meet the road probably have good traction. However, if there is snow or icebetween your tires and the road, you can have a very slippery situation. You'll have a lot less traction or "grip"and will need to be very careful. of all. You can get "wet ice" when it's about freezing (32°F; 0°C) and freezing rain beginsto fall. Tryto avoid driving on wet ice until salt and sandcrews can get there. Whatever the condition -- smooth ice, packed, blowing or loose snow -- drive with caution. Accelerate gently. Try not to break the fragile traction. If you accelerate too fast, the drive wheels will spin and polish the surface under the tires even more. Your anti-lock brakes improve your ability to make a hard stop on a slippery road. Even though you have the anti-lock braking system, you'll want to begin stopping sooner than you would on dry pavement. See "Anti-lock" in the Index. Allow greater following distance on any slippery road. c What's the worst timefor this? "Wet ice." Very cold snow or ice can be slick and hard drive on. But wet ice can be to even more trouble because it may offer the least traction Watch for slippery spots. The road might be fine until you hit a spot that's covered with ice. On an otherwise clear road, ice patches may appear in shaded areas where the sun can't reach: around clumps of trees, behind buildings, or under bridges. Sometimes the surface of a curve or an overpass may remain icy when the surrounding roads are clear. If you see apatch of ice ahead of you, brake before you are on it. Try not to brake while you're actually on the ice, and avoid sudden steering maneuvers.