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While driving on a surrace with reaucea traction, try yo best
to a
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sudden steering, acceleration, or braking (including engme braking
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shifting to a lower gear). Any sudden changes could cause the tires to slide.
You may not realize the surface is slippery until your vehicle is skidding.
Learn to recognize warning clues
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such as enough water, ice or packed
snow on the road to make a "mirrored surface" - and slow down when you
have any doubt.
Remember: If you have the four-wheel anti-lock braking system, it helps
avoid only the braking skid. The rear-wheel anti-lock braking system helps
avoid only a rear braking skid. In a braking skid (where the
front wheels are
no longer rolling), release enough pressure on the brakes to get the
front
wheels rolling again. This restores steering control. Push the brake pedal
down steadily when you have to stop suddenly. As long
as the front wheels
are rolling, you will have steering control.
Driving Guidelines
Off-Road Driving with Your Four-wheel
Drive Vehicle
This off-road guide is for vehicles that have four-wheel drive.
Also, see "Anti-lock Brakes'' in the Index.
If your vehicle doesn't have four-wheel drive, you shouldn't drive off-road
unless you're on a level, solid surface.
Off-road driving can be great fun. But it does have some definite hazards.
The greatest of these is the terrain itself.
"Off-roading" means you've left the great North American road system
behind. Traffic lanes aren't marked. Curves aren't banked. There are no
road signs. Surfaces can be slippery, rough, uphill or downhill. In short,
you've gone right back to nature.
Off-road driving involves some new skills. And that's why it's very
important that you read this guide. You'll find many driving tips and
suggestions. These will help make your off-road driving safer and more
enjoy able.
Before You Go Off-Roading
There are some things to do before
you go out. For example, be sure to have
all necessary maintenance and service work done. Be sure you read all
the
information about your four-wheel drive vehicle in this manual. Is there
enough fuel? Is the spare tire fully inflated? Are the fluid levels up where
they should be? What are the local laws that apply to off-roading where
you'll be driving? If you don't know, you should check with law
enforcement people in the area. Will you
be on someone's private land? If
so, be sure to get the necessary permission.
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