1998 Cadillac DeVille Owner's Manual - Page 237

Driving on Snow or Ice What's the worst time this? "Wet ice.'' Very cold for drive snow or ice can be slick and hard to on. But wet Most of the time, those places where your tires meet the can be even more trouble because may offer the ice it road probably have good traction. least traction of all. You can get wet ice when it's about However, if there is snow ice between your tires and or to freezing (32O F ; 0O C) and freezing rain beginsfall. the road, you can have a very slippery situation. You'll Try to avoid driving on wet ice until salt and sand crews can get there. have alot less traction or "grip" and will need to be very careful. Whatever the condition-- smooth ice, packed, blowing or loose snow-- drive with caution. Keep your traction control system on. It improves your ability to accelerate when driving on a slippery road. Even though your vehicle has a traction control system, and you'll want to slow down adjust your driving to the road conditions. See "Traction Control System" in the Index. c 4-26