2003 GMC Safari Owner's Manual - Page 188

Check your mirrors,glance over your shoulder, and start yourleft lane change signal 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 change signal lane and move back into right lane. (Remember that the your right outside mirror convex. The vehicle you is just passed may seem be farther away from you to than it really is.) Try not topass more than one vehicle at a time on two-lane roads. Reconsider before passing the next vehicle. Don't overtake a slowly moving vehicle too rapidly. Even though the brake lamps are not flashing, it may be slowing down orstarting to turn. Loss of Control Let's review whatdriving experts say about 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 driver has asked. the In any emergency, don't give up. Keep trying to steer and constantly seek an escape route or area of less danger. Skidding 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 skids are 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 curve causes 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. If you're being passed, make it easy for the following driver to get ahead you. Perhaps you can ease a of little to the right. 4-13