1997 Chevrolet S10 Pickup Owner's Manual - Page 148

Off-Road Recovery You m y find soriletime that your right wheels have a dropped off the.edge of a road onto the shoulder while driving. y~i're An eri~rgency this requires t10 ,attintion .arid a like quick decision. 1fy.0~1 holding the steering wheel at are. you can the rec,omme,nded-9and 3 o'elock-..positims, turn it a full 180 de,grees.very quickly without removing eith.er hand. But you have t o m t h s t , ste,erquickly, and. j u s t as quickly straighten the wheel once you have avoided the object.. The fact that such emergency situations ..mealways possible is a-goD.dreason to pmctice. defensive driving at all times and wexr safety b.elts properly. T the level of .the shoulder is only slightly below the f pavemefit, recovery should be fairly easy. Ease off tlie accelerator and then, if there is nothing in the way7steer so. that your-vehiclestraddies the edge of the pavement. Youcm turn the st.eering wheelup taone-quarter turn until the right front tirecontacts -thepavement edge. Then turn your steering wheel to'go straight dawn the roadway,