1994 Chevrolet Corvette Owner's Manual - Page 139

Your Driving andthe Road Whatever the condition - smooth ice, packed, blowing orloose snow - drive with caution. Keep your ASR system on. It improves your ability to accelerate when driving on a slippery road. Even though your vehicle has the ASR system, you'll want to slow down and adjust your driving to the road conditions. See "ASR System" in the Index. Your anti-lock brakes improve your ability to makea hard stop on a slippery road. Even though you have the anti-lock Driving on Snow orIce braking system, you'll want to begin Most of the time, those places where you1 stopping sooner than you would dry on tires meet the road probably have good pavement. See "Anti-lock" in the Index. traction. 0 Allow greater following distance on However, if there is snow or ice between any slippery road. 0 Watch for slippery spots. The road your iires and the road, you can have a very slippery situation. You'll have a lot might be fine until you hit a spot that's less traction or "grip" and will need to be covered with ice. On an otherwise very careful. clear road, ice patches may appear in shaded areas where the sun can't What's the worst time for this? "Wet ice." reach: around clumps of trees, behind Very cold snow or ice can be slick and buildings, or under bridges. hard to drive on. But wet ice can be even Sometimes the surface of a curve or more trouble because it may offer the an overpass may remain icy when the least traction of all. You can get "wet ice" surrounding roads are clear. If you see when it's about freezing(32°F; OOC) and a patch of ice ahead of you, brake freezing rain begins tofall. Try to avoid before you are on it. Try not to brake driving on wet ice until salt and sand while you're actually on the ice, and crews can get there. avoid sudden steering maneuvers. If You're Caught ina Blizzard If you are stopped by heavy snow, you could be in a serious situation.You should probably stay with your vehicle unless you know for sure that you are near help and you can hike through the snow. Here are some things todo to summon help and keep yourself and your passengers safe: a Turn on your hazard flashers. Tie red cloth to your vehicle to alert police that you've been stopped by the snow. Put on extra clothingor wrap a blanket around you. If you have no blankets or extra clothing, make body insulators from newspapers, burlap bags, rags, floor mats - anything you can wrap around yourself or tuck under your clothing to keep warm. You can run the engine to keepwarm, but be careful. ...13%