1997 GMC Safari Owner's Manual - Page 189

0 Check your mirrors, glance over your shoulder and start your left lane change signalbefore moving out of the right lane pass. When you are farenough to ahead of the passed vehicle to see its front your in inside mirror, activate your right lane change signal and move back into theright lane. (Rememberthat your right outside mirror is convex. Thevehicle you just passed may seem to be farther away from you than it really is.) Try not to pass more than one vehicle ata 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 are not flashing, it m y be slowing down or startingto turn. If you're being passed, make it easy for the following driverto get ahead of you. Perhaps you can ease alittle to the right. Loss of Control Let's review what driving expertssay about what happens when the three control systems (brakes, steering and acceleration) don't have enough frictionwhere the tires meet the road to do what the driver has asked. In any emergency, don't giveup. Keep trying to steer and constantly seek an escape route or areaof less danger. Skidding In a skid, a driver lose controlof the vehicle. can Defensive drivers avoid most skids by taking reasonable care suited to existing conditions,and by not "overdriving" those conditions. skids are But always possible. The threetypes of skids correspondto your vehicle'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 slip and to lose corneringforce. And in the acceleration skid,too much throttle causes the driving wheels to spin.