1993 GMC Safari Owner's Manual - Page 178

e Checkyourmirrors,glanceoveryourshoulder,andstartyourleftlane changesignalbeforemovingoutoftherightlane to pass.Whenyou are farenoughahead of thepassedvehicle to seeitsfront in your insidemirror,activateyourrightlanechangesignalandmoveback into therightlane.(Rememberthatyourrightoutsidemirror is convex.The it vehicleyou just passedmayseem to befurtherawayfromyouthan reallyis.) Try not to passmorethanonevehicleatatimeontwo-laneroads. Reconsiderbeforepassingthenextvehicle. e e too rapidly.Eventhoughthe Don'tovertakeaslowlymovingvehicle brakelightsarenotflashing, it maybeslowingdownorstarting to turn. If you'rebeingpassed,make it easyforthefollowingdriver of you.Perhapsyoucaneasealittle to theright. to getahead e Loss of Control Let'sreviewwhatdrivingexpertssayaboutwhathappenswhenthethree controlsystems(brakes,steeringandacceleration)don'thaveenoughfriction to do what thedriverhasasked. wherethetiresmeettheroad In anyemergency,don'tgiveup.Keeptrying escaperouteorarea of lessdanger. to steer,andconstantlyseekan Skidding In askid,adrivercanlosecontrol of thevehicle.Defensivedriversavoid mostskids by takingreasonablecaresuited to existingconditions,andbynot "overdriving"thoseconditions.Butskids are alwayspossible. Thethreetypes of skidscorrespond to yourvehicle'sthreecontrolsystems, In the brakingskid,yourwheelsaren'trolling. In thesteering or cornering skid, too muchspeedorsteering in acurvecausestires to slipandlose corneringforce.And in theaccelerationskid, too muchthrottlecauses the driving wheels to spin. A corneringskidandanaccelerationskidarebesthandledbyeasingyour foot off the acceleratorpedal. If yourvehiclestarts to slide (as whenyouturn off the a corner on a wet, snow- or ice-covered road), ease your foot accelerator pedal as soonasyoufeelthevehiclestart to slide.Quicklysteer the wayyouwantthevehicle to go. If youstartsteeringquicklyenough,your vehiclewillstraightenout. As it does,straightenthefrontwheels. Of course,traction is reducedwhenwater,snow,ice,gravel,or othermaterial isontheroad. For safety,you'llwant to slowdown andadjustyourdriving to 4-22