Loss Of Control - Chevrolet 2007 Kodiak Owner's Manual

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When it looks like a chance to pass is coming
up, start to accelerate but stay in the right lane
and do not get too close. Time your move so
you will be increasing speed as the time comes
to move into the other lane. If the way is clear to
pass, you will have a running start that more
than makes up for the distance you would lose
by dropping back. And if something happens to
cause you to cancel your pass, you need only
slow down and drop back again and wait for
another opportunity.
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If other cars are lined up to pass a slow vehicle,
wait your turn. But take care that someone is
not trying to pass you as you pull out to pass
the slow vehicle.
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Check your vehicle's mirrors and start the 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 vehicle's passenger side outside mirror,
activate the right lane change signal and move
back into the right lane. Remember that, if your
vehicle's right outside mirror is convex, the
vehicle you just passed may seem to be further
away from you than it really is.
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Try not to pass more than one vehicle at a time
on two-lane roads. Reconsider before passing
the next vehicle.
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Do not overtake a slowly moving vehicle too
rapidly. Even though the brake lamps are not
flashing, it may be slowing down or starting
to turn.
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If you are 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 us review what driving experts say about what
happens when the three control systems — brakes,
steering, and acceleration — do not have enough
friction where the tires meet the road to do what the
driver has asked.
In any emergency, do not give up. Keep trying to
steer and constantly seek an escape route or
area of less danger.
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