1996 Cadillac DeVille Owner's Manual - Page 207

Driving on Snow or Ice Most of the time, those places where your meetthe tires road probably have good traction. However, if there is snow or ice betweenyour tires and the road, you can have very slippery situation. a You'll have a lot less traction or "grip" and will to be very need careful. I What's the worst time for this? "Wet ice." Very cold to snow or ice can be slick and hard drive on. But wet it ice canbe even more trouble because may offer the least tractionof all. You can get wetice when it's about fall. freezing (32O F ; 0 O C) and freezing rain begins to Try to avoid drivingon wet ice until salt and sand crews can get there. -Whatever the condition smooth ice, packed, blowing orloosesnow -- drive with caution. It Keep your traction control system on. improves your ability to accelerate when driving onslippery road. Even a though your vehicle hasa traction control system, you'll want to slow down and adjust your driving to the road conditions. See "Traction Control System"in the Index. 4-26