1996 Oldsmobile 88 Owner's Manual - Page 165

Off-Road Recovery You may find sometime that your wheels have right dropped off the edge of a roadonto the shoulder while you're driving. Passing The driver of a vehicle about to pass anothera on two-lane highway waitsfor just the right moment, accelerates, moves around the vehicle ahead, then goes back into the right lane again. simple maneuver? A OFF-ROAD RECOVERY RECOVER / Not necessarily! Passing another vehicle a two-lane on highway is a potentially dangerous move, since the passing vehicle occupies the same as oncoming lane traffic for several seconds.A miscalculation, an error in judgment, or a brief surrender to frustration or anger ca suddenly put the passing driver to face with the face worst of all traffic accidents the head-on collision. -So here are some tips passing: for 0 / y edge of paved surface "Drive ahead." Look down the road, to the sides and to crossroads for situations that might affect your passing patterns. If you have any doubt whatsoever about making a successful pass, wait for better time. a Watch for traffic signs, pavement markings and lines. If you can seea sign up ahead that might indicate a t r or an intersection, delay your pass. broken un A center line usually indicates it'sl right to pass al (providing the road ahead is clear). Never crosssolid a line on your side the lane or a double solid line, of even if the road seems emptyof approaching traffic. If the levelof the shoulder is only slightly below the pavement, recovery shouldbe fairly easy. Easeoff the accelerator and then,if there is nothing in the way, steer so that your vehicle straddles the edge the pavement. You of can turn the steering wheel up to one-quarteru n until the tr right front tire contacts the pavement edge. Then vour turn steering wheel to go straight down the roadway. 4-13