1996 Buick Roadmaster Owner's Manual - Page 162

e Check your mirrors, glance over your shoulder, and start yourleft lane change signal before moving out of the rightlane to pass. When you are far enough ahead of the passed vehicle to see front in your its inside mirror, activate your right lane change signal and move back the right lane. (Remember that into your right outside mirror convex. The vehicle you is just passed may seemto be farther awayfrom you than it really is.) 0 Loss of Control Let's review what driving experts say about what happens when the three control systems (brakes, steering and acceleration) don't have enough friction where the tires meet the road to do what the driver has asked. In any emergency, don'tgive up. Keep trying to steer and constantly seek an escape routearea of or less danger. 0 0 In a skid, a driver can lose controlthe vehicle. of Defensive drivers avoid most skids by taking reasonable Don't overtake a slowly moving vehicle too rapidly. care suited to existing conditions, and by not "overdriving" Even though the brake lampsare not flashing,it may those conditions. But skids are always possible. be slowing downor starting to turn. The three types skids correspond to your Buick's of If you're being passed, make easy for the it three control systems. In the braking skid, your wheels following driverto get ahead of you. Perhaps you aren't rolling. In steering or cornering skid, too the can ease a littleto the right. much speedor steering in a curve causes tires to slip and lose cornering force. And in the acceleration skid, too much throttle causes the driving wheels to spin. Try not to pass more thanone vehicle at a time on two-lane roads. Reconsider before passing the next vehicle. Skidding