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Off-Road Recovery
An emergency like this requires close attention and a
quick decision. If you are holding the steering wheel at
the recommended 9 and 3 o'clock positions, you can
turn it a hll180 degrees very quickly without removing
either hand. But you have to act fast, steer quickly, and
just as quickly straighten the wheel once you have
avoided the object.
The fact that such emergency situations ,are always
possible is a good reason to practice defensive driving at
all times and wear safety belts properly.
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 steerhg wheel up to one-quarter turn
u n t i l
the
right front tire contacts the pavement edge. Then
turn your
steering wheel to go straight down the roadway.
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