1995 Cadillac Fleetwood Owner's Manual - Page 157

Off-had Recovery You may find sometime that your right wheels have dropped off the edgeof a road onto the shoulder while you're driving. Passing The driver of a vehicle aboutto pass another on a two-lane highway waits for just the right moment, accelerates, moves around the vehicle ahead, then goes back into the right lane again. A simple maneuver? Not necessarily! Passing anothervehicle on a two-lane highway is a potentially dangerousmove, since the passing vehicle occupies the samelane as oncoming traffic for several seconds. A miscalculation, an error in judgment, or a brief surrenderto frustration or angercan suddenly put the passing driverface to face with the worst of all traffic accidents -- the head-on collision. So here are some tips for passing: 0 "Drive ahead." Look down the road, to the sides and to crossroads for situations that might affect your passing patterns. If you have any doubt whatsoever about making a successful pass, wait for a better time. Watch for tral3-i~ signs, pavement markings and lines. If you can see a sign up ahead that might indicate a turn or an intersection, delay your pass. broken A center line usually indicates it's right to pass all (providing the road ahead is clear). Never cross a solid line on your side of the lane or a double solid line, even if the road seems empty of approaching traific. If the level of the shoulder is only slightly below the pavement, recovery should be fairly easy. Ease the off accelerator and then,if there is nothing in the way, steerso that your vehicle straddles the edge of the pavement. You can turn the steering wheel up to one-quarter turn until the the right front tire contacts pavement edge. Thenturn your steering wheel to go straight down the roadway. 4-12