2003 Chevrolet Astro Owner's Manual - Page 188

Check your mirrors,glance over your shoulder,and start yourleft lane changesignal before moving out of the right lane to pass. When are far enough you ahead of the passed vehicle to see its front in your inside mirror, activate your right lane change signal and move back into right lane. (Remember that the your right outside mirror convex. The vehicle you is just passed may seem tobe farther away fromyou than it really is.) Try not to pass more than one vehicle at a time OD two-lane roads. Reconsiderbefore passing the next vehicle. Don't overtake a slowly moving vehicle too rapidly. Even though the brake lamps are not flashing, itmay be slowing down or starting to turn. If you're being passed, make it easy for the following driver to get ahead of you. Perhaps you can ease a little to the right. Loss of Control Let's review what driving experts sayabout what happens when the three control systems (brakes, steering and acceleration) don't have enough friction where the tires meet the road to do what the driver has asked. In any emergency, don't give up. Keep trying to steer and constantly seek an escape route or area of less danger. 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 skidsare always possible. The three types of skids correspond to your vehicle's three control systems. In the braking skid, your wheels aren't rolling. In the steering or cornering skid, too much speed or steering in a curvecauses tires to slip and lose cornering force. And in the acceleration skid, too much throttle causes the driving wheels to spin. A cornering skid is best handled by easing your foot off the accelerator pedal. 4-13