1994 Oldsmobile Silhouette Owner's Manual - Page 143

drop back again and waitfor another opportunity. If other cars are lined up to pass a slow vehicle, wait your turn. But take care that someone isn'ttrying to pass you as you pull out to pass the slow vehicle. Remember to glance over your shoulder and check blind the spot. Check your mirrors, glance over your shoulder, and startyour left lane change signal before moving out of the right laneto pass. When you are far enough aheadof the passed vehicle to see its frontin your inside mirror, activateyour right lane change signal and move back into theright lane. (Remember that your right outside mirroris convex. The vehicle you just passed may seem to be farther away from you than it really is.) Try not to pass more than onevehicle at a time on two-lane roads. Reconsider before passing the next vehicle. Don't overtakea slowly moving vehicle too rapidly. Even though the systems. In the braking skid your wheels aren't rolling. In the steering or cornering skid, too much speed or steering ina curve causes tires slip to and lose cornering force. And in the acceleration skid too much throttle causes the driving wheels to spin. A cornering skid is best handled by o f easing your foot off the accelerator pedal. If you have the traction control Let's review what driving experts say system, remember: It helps avoid only about what happenswhen the three the acceleration skid. you do not have If control systems (brakes, steeringand acceleration) don'thave enough friction traction control, or if the system is off, then anacceleration skid is also best where the tires meet the road to do handled by easing your foot off the what the driver has asked. accelerator pedal. In any emergency, don't give up. Keep If your vehicle starts to slide, ease your trying to steer and constantly seek an foot off the accelerator pedal and escape routeor area of less danger. quicltly steer the way you want the vehicle to go. If you start steering quickly enough, your vehicle may straighten out.Always be ready for a In a skid, adriver can lose control of second skid if it occurs. the vehicle. Defensive drivers avoid most skidsby taking reasonable care Of course, traction is reduced when suited to existing conditions, and not water, snow, ice, gravel, or other by "overdriving" those conditions. But material is on the road. For safety, skids arealways possible. you'll want toslow down and adjust The threetypes of skids correspondto your driving to these conditions. Itis your Oldsmobile's three control important to slow down onslippery brake lights are not flashing, it may be slowing down or starting to turn. If you're being passed, make it easy for the following driver to get ahead of you. Perhaps you can ease a little to the right. Loss Control 141