1994 Pontiac Grand Am Owner's Manual - Page 127

Your Driving and the Road Steering Tips(CONT.) If you need to reduce your speed as you approach a curve, do it before you enter the curve, while your front wheels are straight ahead. Try to adjust your speed so you can "drive" through the curve. Maintain a reasonable, steady speed. Wait to accelerate until you are out of the curve, and then accelerate gently into the straightaway. I ... I Your Pontiac can perform very well in =mergencies like these. First apply your brakes. It is better to removeas much speed as you can from a possible Zollision. Then steer around the problem, to the left or right depending on the space mailable. An emergency like this requires close attention and a quick decision. If you are holding the steering wheel atthe recommended 9 and 3 o'clock positions, you can turn it a full 180 degrees very Steering in Emergencies quickly without removing either hand. But you haveto act fast, steer quickly, There are times when steering can be more effective than braking. For example, and just as quickly straighten the wheel once you have avoided the object. you come over a hill and find a truck stopped in your lane, or a car suddenly The fact that such emergency situations pulls out from nowhere, or a child darts good reason to are always possible is a out from between parked cars and stops practice defensive driving all times and at right in front of you. You can avoid these wear safety belts properly. problems by braking -- if you can stop in time. But sometimes you can't; there isn't room. That's the time for evasive action -- steering around the problem. 126