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OFF-ROAD RECOWRY
You may find sometime that your right wheels have dropped
off the edge
of
a road onto the shoulder while you're driving.
If the level of the shoulder is only slightly below the pavement, recovery
should be fairly easy. Ease off the accelerator and then, if there is nothing
in the way, steer so that your vehicle straddles the edge of the pavement.
You can turn the steering wheel up to 1/4 turn until the right front tire
contacts the pavement edge. Then turn your steering wheel to go straight
down the roadway.
If the shoulder appears to be about four inches
(100 mm) or more below
the pavement, this difference can cause problems.
If there is not enough
room to pull entirely onto the shoulder and stop, then follow the same
procedures. But if the right front tire scrubs against the side of the
pavement, do NOT steer more sharply. With too much steering angle, the
vehicle may jump back onto the road with
so
much steering input that it
crosses over into the oncoming traffic before you can bring it back under
control.
Instead, ease off again on the accelerator and steering input, straddle the
pavement once more, then try again.
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