1997 Oldsmobile Cutlass Owner's Manual - Page 158
1997 Oldsmobile Cutlass Manual
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0 Check your mirrors, glance over your shoulder, and start your left lane change signal before moving out of the right lane to pass. When you are enough far ahead of the passed vehicle to its front in your see inside mirror, activate your right change signal lane and moveback into the right lane. (Remember that your rightoutside mirror is convex. The vehicle you just passed may seem to be farther away from you than it really is.) Loss of Control Let's review what driving experts say about what happens when the three control systems (brakes, steering and acceleration) don't have enough friction where the tires meetthe road to do what the driver has asked. In any emergency, don't give up. Keep trying to steer and constantly seekan escape route or area of less danger. 0 0 0 In a skid, a driver can lose control the vehicle. of Defensive drivers avoid most skids by taking reasonable care suited to existing conditions, and by not "overdriving" Don't overtake a slowly moving vehicle too rapidly. those conditions. But skids are always possible. Even thoughthe brake lamps are not flashing, may it The three types skids correspond to your of be slowing down or starting turn. to Oldsmobile's three control systems. In braking skid, the If you're being passed, make easyfor the it your wheels aren't rolling. the steering or cornering In following driver to get ahead you. Perhaps you of skid, too much speed or steering a curve causes tires in can ease a little to the right. to slip andlose cornering force. And in the acceleration skid, too much throttle causes the driving wheels to spin. Try not to pass more thanone vehicle at a time on two-lane roads. Reconsider before passing the next vehicle. Skidding 4-13