1998 Buick Skylark Owner's Manual - Page 173

Driving on Snow Ice or What's the worst time for this? "Wet ice." cold Very snow or ice can be slick and hard to drive on. But wet Most of the time, those places where your tires meet the ice can be even more trouble because it may offer the road probably have good traction. least traction of all. You can get wet when it's about ice to freezing (32"F; 0 C) and freezing rain begins fall. However, if there snow or ice between your tires and is ice the road, you can have a very slippery situation. You'll Try to avoid driving on wet until salt and sand crews can get there. have a lot less traction or "grip" and will need to be very careful. Whatever the condition-- smooth ice, packed, blowing or loose snow-- drive with caution. O / If you havethe Enhanced Traction System, keep the transaxle shift lever the OVERDRIVE(03) in position so the system will be able to operate. It will improve your ability to accelerate when driving on a slippery road. Even though your vehicle has this system, you'll want to slow down and adjust your driving to the road conditions. See "Enhanced Traction System"in the Index. If you don't have the Enhanced Traction System, If accelerate gently. Try not to break the fragile traction. you accelerate too fast, the drive wheels will spin and polish the surface under the tires even more. 4-26