1998 Pontiac Grand Am Owner's Manual - Page 184

Driving onSnow or Ice What's the worst time this? "Wet ice." Very cold for But snow or ice can be slick and hard to drive on. wet Most of the time, those places where your tires meet the ice can be even more trouble because offer the it may road probably have good traction. least tractionof all. You can get wetice when it's about C to freezing (32O F ; 0" ) and freezing rain begins fall. However, if there is snow ice between your tires and or wet the road, you can have a very slippery situation. You'll Try to avoid driving on ice until salt and sand crews have a lot less traction or "grip" and will need to be can get there. very careful. Whatever the condition smooth ice, packed, blowing --or loose snow drive with caution. If you havethe Enhanced Traction System, keep the system on, It will improve your ability to accelerate when drivingon a slippery road. Even though your slow vehicle hasthis system, you'll want to down and adjust your driving to the road conditions. See "Enhanced TractionSystem" in the Index. If you don't havethe Enhanced Traction System, accelerate gently. not to break the fragile traction. Try If you accelerate too fast, drive wheels will spin the and polish the surface under the tires even more. 4 4-27