Oldsmobile 2001 Bravada User Manual download pdf (Page 180)

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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.)

Try not to pass more than one vehicle at a time

on two

-lane roads. Reconsider before passing the

next vehicle.

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 trying 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 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 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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