1993 GMC Safari Owner's Manual - Page 192

Your Driving and the Road Coastingdownhill in N (Neutral)orwiththeignition off is dangerous. Yourbrakes will have to do all the work of slowing down.They could You couldcrash.Always get so hotthattheywouldn'tworkwell. haveyour ignition onandyourvehicleingearwhenyougodownhill. Knowhow to go uphill. Youmaywant toshiftdowntoalowergear. Thelowergearshelpcoolyourengineandtransmission,andyoucan climbthehillbetter. Stay in yourown lane when driving on two-laneroadsinhillsor of theroad.Drive mountains.Don'tswingwideorcutacrossthecenter atspeedsthatletyoustay in yourownlane.Thatway,youwon'tbe surprisedbyavehiclecomingtowardyou in thesamelane. It takeslongertopassanothervehiclewhenyou'regoinguphill.You'll wanttoleaveextraroom to pass.Ifavehicle is passingyouand doesn'thaveenoughroom,slowdown to make it easierfor the other vehicle to get by. ~ Asyougoover thetop of ahill,bealert.Therecould yourlane,likeastalledcaror an accident. besomething in Youmayseehighwaysigns onmountainsthatwarn of specialproblems. Examplesarelonggrades,passingorno-passingzones,afallingrocks area,orwindingroads.Bealert to theseandtakeappropriateaction. Winterdrivingcanpresentspecialproblems.See"WinterDriving" Index. in the 4-36