1998 Buick LeSabre Owner's Manual - Page 200

Driving on Snow or Ice What's the worst time this? "Wet ice.." Very cold for be snow or ice can slick and hard to drive on. But wet Most of the time, those places where your meet the tires it may ice can be even more 'trouble because offerthe road^ probablyhavegoodtraction, . least tractionof all. You can get wet ice whenit's about freezing (32°F; OOC) apd freezing rain begins to fall. However, if there is snow orice between your tires and ice the road,. you can have very 'slippery situation. You'll Try to avoid driving on wet until salt and sand crews a. 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. ' ' I If you have traction control, keep the system on.will It improve your ability to accelerate when driving on a slippery road. Even though your vehicle has a traction, control system, you'll want to .slow down and adjust your driving to the road conditions. See "Traction the Control System" in Index. If you don't have the traction control system, accelerate If gently. Try not to break the fragile traction.you polish accelerate too fast, the drive wheels will spin and the surface under the even more. tires . -. f 4-26 . ' .