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Check your mirrors, glance over your shoklder, 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 vehicle at a tihe on
two-lane roads. Reconsider before passing the
next
vehicle.
Don't overtake a slowly moving vehicle too rapidly.
Even though the brake lights are not flashing, it.may
be slowing down or starting tu turn.
If you're being passed, make it easy for the
following driver to get ahead of you. Perhaps you
cmease a,little to the right.
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Loss of Control
Let's review what driving experts say about what
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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 es-c-gpe route or area
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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
possibk.
The three types of skids correspondjo your
Oldsmobile'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.
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