1998 Oldsmobile 88 Owner's Manual - Page 167

0 Check your mirrors, glance over your shoulder, and start yourleft lane change signal before moving out are of the right lane to pass. When you far enough ahead of the passed vehicle to seefront in your its inside mirror, activate your right lane change signal and move back into the right lane. (Remember that your right outside mirror convex. The vehicle you is just passed may seem to be farther away from you than it really is.) on two-lane roads. Reconsider before passing the next vehicle. In any emergency, don't give up. Keep trying steer and to 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" are those conditions. But skids always possible. The three typesof skids correspond to your vehicle's three control systems. In the braking skid, your wheels aren't rolling. In the steering cornering skid, too or in much speed or steering a curve causes tires to slip and lose cornering force. And in acceleration skid,too the much throttle causes driving wheels to spin. the A cornering skidis best handled by easing your foot off the accelerator pedal. If you have the traction control system, remember: It helps avoid only the acceleration skid. If you do not have traction control, or if the system is off, then an acceleration skid also best handled by is easing yourfoot off the accelerator pedal. e Try not to pass more than one vehicle at a time e Don't overtake a slowly moving vehicle rapidly. too it Even thoughthe brake lamps are not flashing, may be slowing downor starting to turn. 0 If you're being passed, make it easy the for following driver to get ahead you. Perhaps you of can ease a little to the right. 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 driver has asked. the