Owner's Manual
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Check your mirrors, glance over your shoulder, and
start your left lane change signal before moving out
of
the right lane to pass. When you are far enough
ahead of the passed vehicle to see its front in your
inside mirror, activate your right lane change signal
and move back
into
the right lane. (Remember that
your right outside mirror is convex. The vehicle you
just passed may seem to be farther away
from
you
than it really is.)
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Try not to pass more than one vehicle at
a
time on
two-lane roads. Reconsider before passing the
next
vehicle.
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Don’t overtake
a
slowly moving vehicle too rapidly.
Even though the brake lamps 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
of
Control
Let’s review what driving experts say about what
happens when the three control systems (brakes, steering
and acceleration) don’t have enough friction where the
tires meet the road to do what the driver has asked.
In
any emergency, don’t give up. Keep
hying
to steer and
constantly seek an escape route or area
of
less danger.
Skidding
In
a
skid, a driver can lose control
of
the vehicle.
Defensive drivers avoid most skids by taking reasonable
care suited
to
existing conditions, and by not “overdriving”
those conditions. But skids are always possible.
The three types
of
skids correspond
to
your Chevrolet’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 curve causes tires
to
slip and
lose cornering force. And
in
the acceleration skid, too
much throttle causes the driving wheels to spin.
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