1993 Chevrolet Cavalier Owner's Manual - Page 160

Your Driving and the Road Driving onSnow or /ce Most of the time, those placeswhere your tires meet the road probably have good traction. However, if there is snow or 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 time for this? "Wet ice." Very cold snow or ice can be slick and hard to drive on. But wet ice can be even more trouble because it may offer the least traction of all. You can get "wet ice" when it's about freezing (32°F; OOC) and freezing rain begins to fall. Try to avoid driving on wet ice until salt and sand crews can getthere. Whatever the condition-smooth ice, packed, blowing or loose snow-drive with caution. Accelerate gently. Try not to break the fragile traction. If you accelerate too fast, the drive wheels will spin and polish the surface under the tires even more. Your anti-lock brakes inlprove your ability to make a hard stop on a slippery road. Even though you have the antilock braking system, you'll want to begin stopping sooner than you would on dry pavement. See the Index under Anti-Lock Bruke System. Allow greater following distance on any slippery road. 9 Watch for slippery spots. The road might be fine until you hit a spot that's covered with ice. On an otherwise clear road, ice patches may appear in shaded areas where the sun can't reach: around clumps of trees, behind buildings, or under bridges. Sometimes the surface a curve or of an overpass may remain icy when the surrounding roads are clear. If you see a patch of ice ahead of you, brake before you are on it. Try not to brake while you're actually on theice, and avoid sudden steering maneuvers. ...I58