1996 Buick Riviera Owner's Manual - Page 170

0 Check your mirrors, glance over your shoulder, and staxt yourleft lane change signal before moving out of the rightlane to pass. When you are enough far ahead of the-passedvehicle to see its' in your front inside mirror, activateyour right lane change signal and move back into the right lane. (Remember that your right outside mirror convex. The vehicle is you just pas.sed may seem to be farther away from you than it really is.) Loss of Control Let's review what driving experts about what say (brakes, steering happens when the three controi systems and acceleration) don't have enough friction where the tires meet the road do what the driver ,has asked. to In any emergency, don't give up. Keep trying steer and to constantly seek an escape route or area.of lessdanger. @ 0 Skidding Try not to pass more thanonevehicle at a time on two-lane roads. Reconsider before passing the next I n . a skid, a driver can lose. control of the vehicle. vehicle. Defensive drivers avoid most skids by taking reasonable Don't overt&e a slowly moving vehicle too rapidly. care suitedto existing conditions,zind by not-"overdriving" those conditions. But skidsare allways possible. it h a Even though the brake lamps are not flashing, y be slowjng down or starting to turn. If you're being passed, make easy for the it of following driver to get ahead you. Perhapsyou to can ease a little the .right. The three types skids correspond to your Buick's of In three control systems. the braking skid, your wheels aren't rolling. In the steeringor cornering skid, too much speed or steering -a curve, causes tires in to slip and lose cornering force.And in the acceleration skid, too driving wheels to spin. much throttle causes the A cornering skid is best handledby easing your foot off the accelerator pedal. If YOU have the traction control system;remember: It helps avoidonly the acceleration skid. 4-13