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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 vehicre 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.
following driver
to
get ahead of you. Perhaps you
can ease
a
little to
the
right.
If
you’re being passed, make it easy for
the
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 Buick’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.
A cornering skid and an acceleration skid are best
handled by easing your foot off the accelerator pedal.
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