1993 Buick Century Owner's Manual - Page 174

Driving on Snow or Ice traction of all. You can get "wet ice" when it's about Most of the time, those places where your tires meet the freezing (32°F; OOC) and freezing rain begins tofall. Try to avoid driving onwet ice until salt and sand crews can road probably have'good traction. get there. However, if there is snow or icebetween your tires and Whatever the condition-smooth ice, packed, blowing or the road, you can have avery slippery situation.You'll have a lot less traction "grip" and will need to be very loose snow-drive with caution. Accelerate gently. Try or not to break the fragile traction. If you acceierate too careful. hst, the drive wheels will spin and polish the surface under the tires even more. You'll want to brake very gently, too. Begin stopping sooner than you would ondry pavement. If you feel your vehicle begin to slide,let up on the brakes a little. i s h the brake pedal down steadily f to get the most traction you can. r ... I Remember, if you brakeso hard that your wheels stop rolling, you'lljust slide. Brake so your wheels always keep rolling and you can still steer. Allow greater following distance on slippery road. any Watch for slipperyspots. The road might be until fine you hit a spot that's covered with ice. On an otherwise clear road, ice patches appear in shaded areas may where the sun can't reach: around clumps of trees, behind buildings, or under bridges. Sometimes the surfixe of a curve or an overpass may remain icy when the surrounding roads are clear. If you see a patch of ice ahead of you, brake beforeyou are on it. Try not to brake while you're actually the ice, and avoid on sudden steering maneuvers. What's the worst time for this? "Wet Very cold snow ice? or ice can be slick and hard to drive on. But ice can wet be even more trouble because may offer the least it