1994 Oldsmobile 88 Owner's Manual - Page 154

Your Driving and the Road Whatever the condition - smooth ice, packed, blowingor loose snow - drive with caution. If you have traction control, keep the system on. It will improve your ability to accelerate when driving on a slippery road. Even though your vehicle has a traction control system, you'llwant to slow down and adjust your driving to the road conditions. See Traction Control System in the Index. If you don't have the traction control system, accelerate gently. Try not to break the fragile traction.If you accelerate too fast, the drive wheels will spin and polish the surface under the tires even more. Your anti-lock brakes improveyour ability to make a hard stop on a slippery road. Even though you have the antilock braking system, you'll want to begin stopping sooner than you would on dry pavement. See Anti-Lock Brakes in the Index. You may want to put winter emergency supplies in your trunk. Include an ice scraper, a small brush or broom, a supply of windshield washer fluid, a rag, some winter outer clothing, a small shovel, a flashlight, a red cloth, and a couple of reflective warning triangles. And, if you will be driving under severe conditions, include a small bag of sand, a piece of old carpet or a couple of burlap bags to help provide traction. Be sure you properly secure these items in your vehicle. Driving 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 between your tires and the road,you can have a very slippery situation. You'll havea lot less traction or "grip" and will need to be very careful. What's the worst time for this? "Wet ice." Very cold snow or ice can be slick and hard to drive on. But wet ice can be even more trouble because it may offer the least traction of all. You can get "wet ice" when it's about freezing (32°F; O C and freezing rain begins to ') fall. Try to avoid driving on wet ice until salt and sand crews can get there. 152