1994 Chevrolet Lumina Owner's Manual - Page 116

r Your Driving and the Road The three typesof skids correspond to your Chevrolet's three control systems. In If other cars are lined up to pass a the braking skid your wheels aren't rolling. slow vehicle, wait your turn.But take In the steering or cornering skid, too much care that someone isn't trying to pass speed or steering ina curve causes tiresto If you're being passed, make it easy you as you pull out to pass the slow slip and lose cornering force. And the in for the following driver to get ahead vehicle. Remember to glance over acceleration skid toomuch throttle causes of you. Perhaps you canease a little to the driving wheels to spin. your shoulder and check the blind the right. spot. If your vehicle starts to slide, ease your Check your mirrors, glance over your of Control foot off the accelerator pedal and quickly shoulder, and start your left lane steer the way you want the vehicleto go. Let's review what driving experts say change signal before moving out of If you start steering quickly enough, your about what happens when the three the right lane to pass. When youare vehicle may straighten out. Always be far enough ahead of the passed vehicle control systems (brakes, steering and ready for a second skid if it occurs. acceleration) don't have enough friction to see its front in your inside mirror, Of course, traction is reduced when water, activate your right lane change signal where the tires meet the roadto do what the driver has asked. snow, ice, gravel, or other material is on and move backinto the right lane. the road. For safety,you'll want to slow (Remember that your rightoutside [n any emergency, don't give up. Keep down and adjust your driving to these mirror is convex. The vehicle you just trying to steer and constantly seek an conditions. It is important to slow down passed may seemto be farther away :scape route or area of less danger. on slippery surfaces because stopping from you than it really is.) distance will be longer and vehicle Try not to pass more than one vehicle Skidding control more limited. at a time on two-lane roads. [n a skid, a driver can lose control of the While driving on a surface with reduced Reconsider before passing the next vehicle. Defensive drivers avoid most traction, try your best to avoid sudden vehicle. skids by taking reasonable care suited to steering, acceleration, or braking :xisting conditions, and by not (including engine braking by shifting to a "overdriving"those conditions. But skids lower gear). Any sudden changes could 3re always possible. cause the tires to slide. You may not Passing (CONT.) Don't overtake a slowly moving vehicle too rapidly. Even though the brake lights are not flashing, it may be slowing down or starting to turn. Loss I 0 I ...114 realize the surface is slippery until your