1996 Pontiac Grand Am Owner's Manual - Page 174

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 snow or ice between your tires and the road, you can have very slippery situation.You'll a 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 ice can slick and hard to drive on. But wet be ice can be even more trouble because may offer the it least traction of all. You can get wetice when it's about freezing (32°F;P C ) and freezing rain begins to fall. Try to avoid drivingon wet ice until salt and sand crews can get there. Whatever the condition-- smooth ice9packed, blowing or loose snow -- drive with caution. If you have the Enhanced Traction System, keep the system on. It will improve your ability to accelerate when driving on a slippery road. Even though your vehicle has this system, you'll want to slow down and adjust your driving tu the road conditions. See "Enhanced Traction System" in the Index. If you don't have the Enhanced Traction System, accelerate gently.Try not to breakthe fragile traction, If you accelerate too fast, the drive wheels will spin and polish the surfaceunder th,e tires even more. 4-26 ,