1994 Pontiac Trans Sport Owner's Manual - Page 167

Your Driving and the Road lriving on wet ice until salt and sand :rews can getthere. Nhatever the condition -- smooth ice, lacked, blowing or loose snow -- drive vith caution. f you have the traction control system, Leep the system on. It will improve your tbility to accelerate when driving on a ilippery road. Even though your vehicle las a traction control system, you'll want o slow down and adjust your driving to .he road conditions. See "Traction Control system" in the Index. [f you don't have the traction control Gystem, accelerate gently. Try not to break :he fragile traction. If you accelerate too Fast, the drive wheels will spin and polish :he surface under the tires even more. Your anti-lock brakes improve your 2bility to make a hard stop on a slippery road. Even though you have an anti-lock braking system, you'll want to begin stopping sooner than you would on dry pavement. See "Anti-Lock" in the Index. Allow greater following distance on any slippery road. Watch for slippery spots.The road might be fine until youhit a spot that's covered with ice. On an otherwise clear road, ice patches may appearin shaded areas where the sun can't reach: around clumps of trees, behind buildings, or under bridges. Sometimes the surfaceof a curve or an overpass may remain icy when the surrounding roadsare clear. If you see a patch of ice ahead of you, brake before you are on it. Try not to brake while you're actuallyon the ice, and avoid sudden steering maneuvers. Driving on Snow Ice or Most of the time, those places where your tires meet the road probablyhave good traction. However, if there is snow or ice between your tires and the road, you can have a very slippery situation. You'll have a lot less traction or "grip" and will need to be very careful. What's the worst time for this? "Wet ice." Very cold snow or ice can be slick and hard to drive on. But wet icecan be even more trouble because it may offer the least traction of all. You can get "wet ice" when it's about freezing (32°F; OOC) and freezing rain begins to fall. Try to avoid . 166