1997 Chevrolet Cavalier Owner's Manual - Page 176

0 Check your mirrors, glanceover your shoulder, and start your left lane change signal before moving out of the right lane pass. When youare far enough to ahead of the passed vehicle see its front in your to inside mirror, activate your right lane change signal and move back into the right lane. (Remember that your right outside mirror convex. The vehicle you is just passed may seemto be farther away from you than it really is.) Try not to pass more thanone vehicle at 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 not flashing,it may are be slowing down or starting turn. to If you're being passed, makeit easy for the following driverto get ahead of you. Perhaps you can ease a littleto the right. Loss of Control Let's review what driving experts say about what happens when the three control systems (brakes, steering and acceleration) don't have enough friction where the tires meet the road to what the driver has asked. do 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 of the vehicle. Defensive drivers avoid most skids by taking reasonable care suited to existing conditions, and by not "overdriving" those conditions. But skids are always possible. The three typesof skids correspondto your Chevrolet'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 driving wheels to spin.