1998 Oldsmobile Aurora Owner's Manual - Page 204

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 snowor ice between your tires and the road, you can havea very slippery situation.You'll have a 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 icecan 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; OOC) and freezing rain begins tofall. Try to avoid driving on wet ice until salt and sand crews can get there. Whatever the condition -- smooth ice, packed, blowing or loosesnow -- drive with caution. Keep your traction control system on. It improves your ability to accelerate when driving on a slippery road. Even though your vehicle has a traction control system, you'll want to slow down and adjust your driving to the road conditions. See "Traction Control System" in the Index. 4-26