1994 Chevrolet Camaro Owner's Manual - Page 134

Your Driving andthe Road 0 If other cars are lined up to pass a indicates it's all right to pass slow vehicle, wait your turn. But take (providing the road ahead is clear). care that someone isn't trying to pass Never cross a solid line on your side you as you pull out to pass the slow of the lane or a double solid line, even vehicle. Remember to glance over if the road seems empty of your shoulder and check the blind approaching traffic. spot. a Do not get too close to the vehicle you want to pass while you're awaiting an a Check your mirrors, glance over your shoulder, and start your left lane opportunity. For one thing, following change signal before moving out of too closely reduces your area of the right lane to pass. When you are vision, especially if you're following a far enough ahead of the passed vehicle larger vehicle. Also, you won't have to see its front in your inside mirror, adequate space if the vehicle ahead activate your right lane change signal suddenly slows or stops. Keep back a and move back into the right lane. reasonable distance. (Remember that your rightoutside a When it looks like a chance to pass is mirror is convex. The vehicle youjust coming up, start to accelerate but stay passed may seem to be farther away in the right lane and don'tget too from you than it reallyis.) close. Time your move so you will be Try not to pass more than one vehicle increasing speed as the time comes to at a time on two-lane roads. move into the other lane. If the way is Reconsider before passing the next clear to pass, you will have a "running vehicle. start" that more than makes up for the distance you would lose by dropping a Don't overtake a slowly moving back. And if something happens to vehicle too rapidly. Even though the cause you to cancel your pass, you brake lights are not flashing, it may be need only slow down and drop back slowing down or starting to turn. again and wait for another a If you're being passed, make it easy opportunity. for the following driver to get ahead of you. Perhaps you canease a little to the right. loss of Control Let's review what drivingexperts say about what happens when thethree control systems (brakes, steering and acceleration) don't have enough friction where the tires meet the roadto do what the driver has asked. In any emergency, don'tgive up. Keep trying to steer and constantly seek an escape route or area of less danger. Skidding In a skid, a driver can lose control of the vehicle. Defensive drivers avoid most skids by taking reasonable care suited to existing conditions, and by not "overdriving" those conditions. But skids are always possible. The three types of skids correspond to your Chevrolet's three control systems. In the brakmg skid your wheels aren't rolling. In the steering or cornering skid, a too much speed or steering in curve causes tires to slip and lose cornering force. And in the acceleration skid too ...132