1998 Pontiac Grand Prix Owner's Manual - Page 209

0 Check your mirrors, glance over shoulder, and your start your left lane change signal before moving out of the right lane to pass. When you are enough far ahead of the passed vehicle see its front your to in inside mirror, activate your right lane change signal and move backinto the right lane. (Remember that your right outside mirror convex. The vehicle you is just passed may seem to be farther away from you than it really is.) In any emergency, don't give up. Keep trying to steer and constantly seek an escape route area of less danger. or Skidding In a skid, a driver can lose control the vehicle. of Defensive drivers avoid most skids taking reasonable by care suited to existing conditions, and not "overdriving" by those conditions. But skids are always possible. The three typesof skids correspondto your vehicle's three control systems. In the braking skid, your wheels aren't rolling. In the steering or cornering skid, too much speed or steering in a curvecauses tires to slip and lose cornering force. And in the acceleration skid, too much throttle causes the driving wheels spin. to A cornering skid is best handled by easing your off foot the accelerator pedal. 0 Try not topass more than one vehicle at a time on two-lane roads. Reconsider before passing the next vehicle. 0 0 If you have the Enhanced Traction System or 'Traction Control System", remember: It helps avoid only the acceleration skid. Loss of Control If you do not have the Enhanced Traction System or Let's review what driving experts say about what 'Traction Control System", if the systemis off, then or happens when the three control systems (brakes, steering an acceleration skid is also best handled by easing your and acceleration) don't have enough friction where the foot off the accelerator pedal. tires meet the road do what the driver has asked. to Don't overtakea slowly moving vehicle too rapidly. Even though the brake lamps are not flashing, it may be slowing downor starting to turn. If you're being passed, make it easy for the following driver to get ahead of Perhaps you you. can ease a little to the right. 4-16