1997 Chevrolet S10 Pickup Owner's Manual - Page 150

* Check your mirrors, glance over your shoulder and. start your left lane change signal before-moving out of the right.laneto pass. When you are farenough ahead of the passe.d vehicle to seeits front in your inside - 1 0, activate your right lane change sigmd and-move back the.ri,ght lane. (Remember that into your-rightoutside ,mirror isconvex. The vehicle you juslpassed may seem to be farther away from y6u than it really is.) Let's review what driving expmts s-ayabout what happens when the thre.econ.trol systems- (brakes., steering, and,acceleration) don't have enough friction where the tifes "meetthe road to do what the drivt?r has asked.. In any emergency, don't give u p Keep trying to steer and constantly seek an escape route-ora e a of less danger. Tfy not co p.ass mufe ,than one vehicle ,at a time on two-lane'roads. Reconsider before passing the next vehicle. D.on':t overtake-.aslowly moving vehi-detoo rapidly. Even though the brake -1amp.sare not flashing, it m.a.y be slowing down or starting to, turn. Qi In a.skid, a driver cn lose control of .the vehicle, Defensive most skids by taking reasonable caresuited t9 drivers .avoid existing conditiolrs, and by not "overdriving" those conditions.. But,&ids are always -pa.ssible. The threetypcis of skids correspond to your vehicle's three c'0ntro1syst,erns.In.the.brakifig skid, y0.m whe.eIs aren't rpl.ling. L the steering or-cornering skid, too n much speed or steering in curve causes tires: toslip and lase cornehg,foxce,.And.in the acceleration skid, too much throttle causes the driving wheels-to spin. If+you're being .passed, make it easy-for the fallowing driver to get..ahead.of you. Perh,aps you can ease.& little to the right. a 4-13