1996 Pontiac Sunfire Owner's Manual - Page 161

Off-Road Recovery You may find sometime that your right wheels have dropped off the edge of a road onto the shoulder while you 're driving. Passing The driverof a vehicle about to pass another on a two-lane highway waits for just the right moment, accelerates, moves around the vehicle ahead, then goes back into the right lane again. A simple maneuver? Not necessarily! Passing another vehicle a two-lane on ,highway isa potentially dangerous move, since the passing vehicle occupiesthe same lane asoncoming traffic for several seconds. A mi-scalc~~at~m, r in a em m judgment, or a brief surrender to frustration or anger can suddenly put the passing driver faceto face with the worst of all traffic accidents -- the head-on collision. So here are sometips for passing: 0 "Drive ahead." Look down the road, to the sides and to crossroads for situations that might affect your passing patterns. If you have anydoubt whatsoever about making a successful pass, wait a better time. for Watch for traffic signs, pavement markings and lines. If you can see a sign up ahead that might indicate a turn or an intersection, delay your pass. A broken center lineusually indicates it's allright to pass (providing the road aheadis clear). Never cross a solid line on your side of the lane or double a solid line, evenif the road seemsempty of approaching traffic. 0 If the levelof the shoulderis only slightly below the pavement, recovery should be fairly easy. off the Ease accelerator and then, there is nothingin the way, steer if so that your vehicle straddles the edge of the pavement. You can turn the steeringwheel up toone-quarter turn until the right front tire contacts the pavement edge.Then turn your steering wheel to go straight downthe roadway. 4- 12