Chevrolet 1993 Cavalier Owner's Manual page 160

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Your Driving and
the Road
Driving on Snow or /ce
Most of the time, those places where
your tires meet the road probably have
good traction.
However,
if
there is snow or ice
between your tires and the road, you can
have a very slippery situation. You'll
have a lot less traction or "grip" and
will
need to be very careful.
What's the worst time for this? "Wet
ice." Very cold snow or ice can be slick
and hard to drive on. But wet ice can be
even more trouble because
it
may offer
the least traction of all. You can get
"wet ice" when it's about freezing
(32°F; OOC) and freezing rain begins to
fall. Try to avoid driving on wet ice
until salt and sand crews can get there.
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Whatever the condition-smooth ice,
packed, blowing or loose snow-drive
with caution. Accelerate gently. Try not
to break the fragile traction. If you
accelerate too fast, the drive wheels
will
spin and polish the surface under the
tires even more.
Your anti-lock brakes inlprove your
ability
to
make a hard stop on a slippery
road. Even though you have the anti-
lock braking system, you'll want to
begin stopping sooner than you would
on dry pavement. See the Index under
Anti-Lock Bruke System.
Allow greater following distance on
any slippery road.
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Watch for slippery spots. The road
might be fine until you hit a spot that's
covered with ice. On an otherwise
clear road, ice patches may appear in
shaded areas where the sun can't
reach: around clumps of trees, behind
buildings, or under bridges.
Sometimes the surface of a curve or
an overpass may remain icy when the
surrounding roads are clear. If you see
a patch of ice ahead of you, brake
before you are on
it.
Try
not
to brake
while you're actually on the ice, and
avoid sudden steering maneuvers.