1997 Pontiac Bonneville Owner's Manual - Page 200

Driving on Snow or Ice Most of the time, those places whereyour tires meet the road probably have good traction. However, ifthere is snow or ice between your tires and the road, you can have a very slippery situation. You'll 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 slick and hard to drive on. But wet snow or ice can be ice can be even more trouble because it may offer the least traction of all. You can get wet ice when it's about freezing (32°F; 0"C) and freezing rain begins to fall. Try to avoid driving on wet iceuntil salt and sand crews can get there. Whatever the condition -- smooth ice, packed, blowing or loose snow -- drive with caution. If you have tractioncontrol, keep the system on. It will improve your ability to accelerate when driving ona slippery road. Even though your vehicle has a traction control system, you'll wantto slow down and adjust your driving to the road conditions. See "Traction Control System" in the Index. If you don't have the traction control system, accelerate gently. Try not to break the fragile traction. If you accelerate too fast, the drive wheels will spin and polish the surface under the tireseven more. 4-27