1997 Cadillac DeVille Owner's Manual - Page 214

Off-Road Recovery You may find sometime that your right wheels have dropped off the edge of a roadonto the shoulder while you're driving. Passing The driver of a vehicle about to pass another on a two-lane highway waits just the right moment, for accelerates, movesaround the vehicle ahead, then goes back into the right lane again. simple maneuver? A Not necessarily!Passing another vehicle on a two-lane highway is a potentially dangerous move, since the passing vehicleoccupies the same laneas oncoming traffic for several seconds.A miscalculation, an errorin judgment, or a brief surrender to frustration or anger can suddenly put the passing driver face to face with the worst of all traffic accidents-- the head-on collision. So here are some tips for passing: "Drive ahead." Look down the road, to the sides to ana crossroads for situations that might affect your passing patterns. If you have any doubt whatsoever about making a successful pass,wait for a better time. If the level of the shoulderis only slightly below the pavement, recovery should be fairly easy. off the Ease accelerator and then,if there is nothing in the way, steerso that your vehicle straddles the edge of the pavement. You can turn the steering wheel upto one-quarter turn until the right front tire contacts the pavement edge: Then your turn steering wheel to go straight down the roadway. Watch for traffic signs, pavement markings and lines. If you can see a sign up ahead that might indicatea turn or an intersection, delay your pass. broken center line A usually indicates it's all right to pass (providing the road ahead is clear). Never cross solid line on your side of a the lane ora double solid line, even the road seems if empty of approaching traffic. 4-13