1996 Pontiac Bonneville Owner's Manual - Page 179
1996 Pontiac Bonneville Manual
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Off-Road Recovery You may find sometime that right wheels have your dropped off the edge of a road ontothe shoulder while you're driving. Passing The driverof a vehicle about to pass another aon two-lane highway waits for the right moment, just accelerates, moves around vehicle ahead, then the goes back into the right lane again.simple maneuver? A Not necessarily! Passing another vehicle a two-lane on highway is a potentially dangerous move, since the passing vehicle occupies the same as oncoming lane traffic for several seconds. miscalculation, an error in A judgment, or a brief surrender to frustration or anger can suddenly put thepassing driver face to face with the worst of all traffic accidents the head-on collision. / // e- LEFT APPAOX. QUARTER TURN -- So here are some tips for passing: "Drive ahead." Look down the road, to the sides and to crossroads for situations that might your affect passing patterns.If you have any doubt whatsoever about making a successful pass, wait forbetter time. a Watch for traffic signs, pavement markings and lines. If the levelof the shoulder is only slightly below the If you can see a sign up ahead that might indicate a off pavement, recovery should be fairly easy. Ease the hun or an intersection, delayyoui pass. A broken accelerator and then, if there is nothing the way, steer in center line usually indicates it's right to pass all so that your vehicle straddles the edge of the pavement. (providing the road aheadis clear). Never cross a solid You can turn the steering wheel to one-quarter t r up un line on your side of the lane or double solid line, a u t l the right front tire contacts the pavement edge. Then ni even if the road seems empty of approaching trS1c. t r your steering wheel to go straight un down the roadway.