1994 Pontiac Firebird Owner's Manual - Page 134

to the left or right depending on the space available. An emergency like this requires close attention and a quick decision. If you are holding the steering wheel at the recommended 9 and 3 o'clock positions, you can turn it a full 180 degrees very quickly without removing either hand. But you have to act fast, steer quickly, and just as quickly straighten the wheel mce you have avoided the object. The fact that such emergency situations Steering in Emergencies xe always possible is a good reason to practice defensive driving at all times and rhere are times when steering can be .nore effective than braking. example, wear safety belts properly. For you come over a hill and a truck find stopped in yourlane, or a car suddenly pulls out from nowhere, or a child darts out from between parked cars and stops right in front of you. You can avoid these problems by braking- if you can stop in time. But sometimes you can't; there isn't room. That's the time evasive action for - steering around the problem. in Your Pontiac can perform very well :mergencies like these. First apply your )rakes. It is better remove as much to ;peed as you can from a possible :ollision. Then steer around the problem, 1 3ff-Road Recovery fou may find sometime that your right aheels have dropped off the edge of a road onto the shoulder (A) while you're hiving. [f the level of the shoulder is only slightly )elow the pavement, recovery shbuld be Fairly easy. Ease off the accelerator and :hen, if there is nothing in the way, steer $0 that your vehicle straddles the edge of he pavement. You can turn the steering wheel up to 114 turn (B) until the:right kont tire contacts the pavement edge. rhen turn your steering wheel to go ;traight down the roadway. 133..