1993 Oldsmobile Achieva Owner's Manual - Page 154

Your Driving and the Road Passing (CONTJ Check your mirrors, glance over your shoulder, and start your left lane change signal before moving of the out right lane to pass. When you are far enough ahead of the passed vehicle to see its front in your inside mirror, activate your right lane change signal and move back into the right lane. (Remember that your right outside mirror is convex. The vehicle you just passed may seem to be farther away from you than it really is.) Try not to pass more than one vehicle at a timeon two-lane roads. Reconsider before passing thenext vehicle. Don't overtake a slowly moving vehicle too rapidly. Even though the brake lights are not flashing, itmay be slowing down or starting to turn. If you're being passed, make it easy for the following driver get ahead of to you. Perhaps you can ease a little to 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 do what the driver has asked. In any emergency, don't give up. Keep trying to steer and constantly seek an escape routeor area of less danger. 12 5