1993 Pontiac Grand Am Owner's Manual - Page 154

CAUTION A Coasting downhill in N (Neutral) or with the ignition off is dangerous. Your brakes will have to do all the work of slowing down. They could get so hot that they wouldn't work well. You could crash. Always have your engine running and your vehicle in gear when you go downhill. As you go over the topof a hill, be Know how to go uphill. Drive in the alert. There could be something in highest gear possible. your lane, likea stalled car or an Stay in your own lane when driving on accident. two-lane roads in hills mountains. or Don't swing wide cut across the center You may see highway signson or mountains that warnof special of the road. Drive at speeds that let problems. Examples are long grades, you stay in your own lane. That way, passing or no passing zones, a falling you won't be surprised by a vehicle rocks area, or winding roads. Be alert coming toward you in the same lane. action. It takes longer to pass another vehicle to these and take appropriate when you're going uphill. You'll want Winter driving can present special problems. See theIndex under Winter to leave extra room to pass. If a Driving. vehicle is passing you and doesn't have enough room, slow down to make it easier-for theother vehicle to get by. 153