1997 Chevrolet Cavalier Owner's Manual - Page 189

Driving on Snow or Ice Most of the time, those places where your tires meet the road probably have good traction. However, if there is snow or ice between your tires and the road, you can have a very slippery situation. You'll have a lot less tractionor "grip" and willneed to be very careful. What's the worsttime for this? "Wet ice." Very cold snow or ice can be slick and hard to drive on. But wet ice can be even moretrouble because it may offer the least traction of all. You can get wet ice when it's about freezing (32"F; OOC) and freezing rain begins to fall. Try to avoid driving on wet ice until salt and sand crews can get there. Whatever the condition -- smooth ice, packed, blowing or loose snow -- drive with caution. If you have the Enhanced Traction System, keep the transaxle shift lever in theOVERDRIVE (0) position so the system will be able to operate. It will improve your ability to accelerate when driving ona slippery road. Even though your vehicle has this system, you'll want to slow down and adjust your driving to the road conditions. See "Enhanced Traction System" in the Index. If you don't have the Enhanced Traction System, accelerate gently. Try not to break fragile traction. the If you accelerate too fast, the drive wheels will spin and polish the surface under the tires even more. 4-27