1998 Buick LeSabre Owner's Manual - Page 188

0 Check your mirrors, glance overyour shoulder, and start your left lane change signal before moving out of the right lane topass. When you are farenough your ahead of the passed vehicle tosee its front in inside mirror, activate your right lane change signal and move back into theright lane. (Remember that your right outside mirroris convex. The vehicle you just passed may seem to be farther away from you than it really is.) Try not to pass more than one vehicleat a time on two-lane roads. Reconsider before passing the next vehicle. Don't overtake a slowly moving vehicle too rapidly. Even though the brake lamps arenot flashing, it may be slowing down or starting to turn. If you're being passed, make it easy for the following driver to get ahead of you. Perhaps you can ease a little to the right. In any emergency, don't give up. Keep trying to steer and constantly seek an escape route area of less danger. or Skidding In a skid, a driver can lose control the vehicle. of Defensive drivers avoid most skids taking reasonable by care suited to existing conditions, and not "overdriving" by those conditions. But skids always possible. are The three types of skids correspond to your vehicle's three control systems. In the braking skid, your wheels aren't rolling. In the steering or cornering skid, too much speed or steering in a curve causes tires to slip and lose cornering force. And in the acceleration skid, too much throttle causes the drivingwheels to spin. A cornering skid is best handled by easing your foot off the accelerator pedal. 0 0 0 If you have the traction control system, remember: It helps avoid only the acceleration skid. Loss of Control Let's review what driving experts sayabout what happens when the three control systems (brakes, steering and acceleration) don't have enough frictionwhere the tires meet the road to do what the driver has asked. If you do not have traction control, orif the system is off, then an acceleration skid isalso best handled by easing your foot off the accelerator pedal. 4-14