1997 Oldsmobile Silhouette Owner's Manual - Page 239

Off-Road Recovery You may find sometime that your right wheels have dropped off the edge of a road onto the shoulder while you're driving. Passing The driver of a vehicle about to pass another on a two-lane highway waits forjust the right moment, accelerates, moves around the vehicle ahead, then goes back into the right lane again. A simple maneuver? Not necessarily! Passing anothervehicle on a two-lane highway is a potentially dangerous move, since the passing vehicle occupiesthe same lane as oncoming traffic for several seconds. A miscalculation, an error in judgment, ora brief surrender to frustration or anger can suddenly put the passing driver face to face with the worst of all traffic accidents -- the head-on collision. OFF-ROAD RECOVERY / /. & / / / 2A - -* LEFT APPROX. QUARTERTURN s m w DOWN So here are some tips for passing: 0 edge of paved surface "Drive ahead." Look down the road, to the sides and to crossroads for situationsthat might affect your passing patterns. If you have any doubt whatsoever about making a successful pass, wait for a better time. Watch for traffic signs, pavement markings and lines. If you can see a sign up ahead that might indicate a turn or an intersection, delay your pass.A broken center line usually indicates it's all tight pass to a (providing the road ahead is clear). Never cross solid line on your side of the lane or a double solid line, even if the road seems emptyof approaching traffic. If the level of the shoulder is only slightly below the pavement, recovery should be fairly easy. Ease off the accelerator and then, if there is nothing in the way, steer so that your vehicle straddles the edge of the pavement. You can turn the steering wheel up to one-quarter turn until the right front tire contacts the pavement edge. Then turn your steering wheel to go straight down the roadway. 0 4-13