1994 Cadillac Seville Owner's Manual - Page 213

Most of the time, those places where your tires meet the road probably have goodtraction. However, if there is snowor ice between 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. What's the worst timefor this? "Wet ice." Very cold snowor ice canbe slick and hard to drive on. But wet can be even more trouble because ice it mayoffer the least traction of all. You can get "wet ice" when it's about freezing (32'F; O°C) and freezing rain begins to fall. Try to avoid driving on wet ice until salt and sand crews canget there. or Whatever the condition -- smooth ice, packed, blowing loose snow-drive with caution. If you havethe traction control system, it will improve your ability to accelerate when drivingon a slipperyroad. Even though your vehicle has a traction control system, you'll want slow down and adjust your to driving to theroad conditions. See "Traction Control System" inthe Index. Your anti-lockbrakes improve your ability make a hard stop ona to slippery road. Even though you havethe anti-lock braking system, you'll want to begin stoppingsooner than you wouldon dry pavement.See "Anti-lock" inthe Index. e Allow greater following distance on any slipperyroad. Watch for slippery spots.The road might be fine until you hit aspot that's covered with ice. an otherwise clear road, ice patches may On 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 yousee a patch of ice ahead of you, brake before you are on it. Try not to brake while you're actually the ice, and avoid sudden on steering maneuvers. 200