1998 Buick Skylark Owner's Manual - Page 161

~ ... L ~~ ~.~ ~~~~ ._ ~~ ~. , __ ~~ . ~~ ~~~~ ~~ - ~. Check your mirrors, glance over your shoulder, and start yourleft lane change signal before moving out are of the right lane to pass. When you far enough ahead of the passed vehicle to see front in your its inside mirror, activate your right lane change signal and move back into the right lane. (Remember that your right outside mirror convex. The vehicle you is just passed may seem be farther away from you to than it really is.) Try not to pass more than vehicle at a time on one two-lane roads. Reconsider before passing the next vehicle. Don't overtake a slowly moving vehicle too rapidly. are may Even though the brake lamps not flashing, it be slowing down or starting to turn. If you're being passed, make easy for the it following driver to get ahead you. Perhaps you of can ease a little to the right. h any emergency, don'tgive up. Keep trying to steer and constantly seek an escape route or areaof less danger. Skidding In a skid, a driver canlose control of the vehicle. Defensive drivers avoid most skids by taking reasonable care suited to existing conditions, and by not "overdriving" those conditions. But skidsare always possible. The three typesof skids correspondto your vehicle's three control systems. In the braking skid, your wheels aren't rolling. In the steering or cornering skid, too much speed or steering a curve causes tires to slip and in lose cornering force. And the acceleration skid, too in much throttle causes the driving wheels spin. to is off A cornering skid best handled by easing your foot the accelerator pedal. If you have the Enhanced Traction System, remember: It helps avoid only the acceleration skid. If you do not have the Enhanced Traction System, or if the transaxle shift lever not in the OVERDRIVE (@> is Let's review what driving experts say about what position, then an acceleration skidalso best handled is happens when the three control systems (brakes, steering by easing your foot the accelerator pedal. off and acceleration) don't have enough friction where the tires meet the road to do what driver has asked. the Loss of Control 4-14