1993 Oldsmobile 88 Owner's Manual - Page 182

Ddving on Snow or Ice Most of the time, those places where your tires meet the road probably have good traction. However, if there is snow or ice betweenyour tires and the road,you can have a very slippery situation.You'll have a lot less tractionor "grip" and will need to be very carefd. What's the worst time forthis? "Wet ice." Very cold snowor ice can be slick and hardto drive on. But wet can be ice even more trouble becauseit m y off& the least tractionof all. You can get wet i c e when it's about freezing F, 0"C) (32" and freezingrain begins to M.Ty to r avoid driving onwet ice u t l salt and ni sand crews can get there. Allow greater following distance on Whatever the condition-smooth ice, any slippery road. packed, blowing or loose snow-drive with caution. Accelerate gently, too. Try Watch for slippery spots. The road not to break the fragile traction. If you might be fine until you hit aspot that's accelerate toofast, the drive wheels will covered with ice. On an otherwise spin and polish the surfkce under the clear road,ice patches may appear in tires even more. shaded areas where the can't sun Your anti-lock brakes improve your reach: around clumpsof trees, behind ability to make a hard stop on a slippery buildings, or under bridges. road. Even thoughyou have the antiSometimes the surface a curveor of ytm an overpass may remain when the icy lock braking s s e ,you'll want to begin stopping sooner than you would surrounding roads are clear.f you see I on dry pavement. See the I d e x under a patch ofice ahead of you, brake Anti-Lock Brake System. before you are on it. T y not to brake r while you're actually on the ice, and avoid sudden steering maneuvers. U