1994 Chevrolet Lumina Owner's Manual - Page 114

Your Driving and the Road Steering Tips(CONI) What should you do if this ever happens? Ease up on the brake or accelerator pedal, steer the vehicle the way you want it to go, and slow down. Speed limit signs near curves warn that you should adjust your speed. Of course, the posted speeds are based on good weather and road conditions. Under less favorable conditions you'll want to go slower. e can from a possible collision. Then steer around the problem, to theleft or right depending on the space available. An emergency like this requiresclose attention and a quick decision. If you are holding the steering wheel at the recommended 9 and 3 o'clock positions, you can turn it a full 180 degrees very quickly without removing either hand. But you have to act fast, steer quickly, and just as quickly straighten the wheel once you have avoided the object. The fact that such emergency situations are always possible is a good reason to practice defensive driving at all times and wear safety belts properly. I I If you need to reduce your speed as you approach a curve, do it before you enter the curve, while your front wheelsare straight ahead. Try to adjust your speed so you can "drive" through the curve. Maintain a reasonable, steady speed. Wait to accelerate until youare out of the curve, and then accelerate gently into the straightaway. Steering in Emergencies There are times when steering can be more effective than braking. For example you come over a hill and find a truck stopped in your lane, or a car suddenly pulls out from nowhere, or a child darts 1 out from between parked cars'and stops 1right in front of you. You can avoid these 1problems by braking -- if you can stop in 1time. But sometimes you can't; there isn'1 1room. That's the time for evasive action -- steering around the problem. ( I Your Chevrolet can perform very wellin :mergencies like these. First apply your 1srdkes -- but, unless you have anti-lock, 1lot enough to lock your wheels. It is 1Jetter to remove as much speed you as