1993 Oldsmobile 88 Owner's Manual - Page 183

Your Driving and the Road If You're Caught in a B l i n d If you are stoppedby heavy snow, you could be in a serious situation. You should probably stay with your vehicle unless you know forsure thatyou are near help and can hike through the you snow. Here are some things todo to summon help and keep yourself and your passengers safe: Turn on your hazard flashers. Tie a red cloth to your vehiclealert to police that you've been stopped the by snow. Put on extra clothingor wrap a blanket around you.If you have no blankets or extra clothing, make body insulators from newspapers, burlap bags, rags, floor mats-anything you or can wrap around yourself tuck under your clothing to keep warm. You can run the engine to keep warm, but be careful. 182 I can trap exhaust gases your vehicle. This can cause deadljr CO (carbon monoxide) gas to get inside.CO could overcome you and kill you. You can't see it or smell it, so you might not knowit was in your vehicle. Clear away snow from II of around the base your vehicle, especially any that is blocking yo1 exhaust pipe. And check around again from timeto time to be sure snow doesn't collect there. Open a windowjust.a little on the side of the vehicle that's away from CO II the wind. This will help keep out.