1996 Pontiac Bonneville Owner's Manual - Page 178

Your Pontiac canperfom very wellin emergencies like these. First apply your brakes. (See ''Braking in Emergencies" earlier in this section.)is better to It remove as much speed as you can from a possible collision. Then steer around the problem, to theor left right depending on the space available. An emergency like this requires close attention a and quick decision.If you are holding the steering wheel at the recommended 9 and 3 o'clock positions, you can turn it a full180 degrees very quickly without removing either hand.But you haveto act fast, steer quickly, and just as quickly straighten the wheel once you have , avoided the object. The fact that such emergency situations are always possible is a good reasonpractice defensive 'driving to at all timesand.wearsafety belts properly. . . . . 4-11