Pontiac 1996 Grand Am Owner's Manual page 174

Driving on Snow or Ice
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; P C ) and freezing rain begins to fall.
Try to
avoid driving
on
wet ice until salt and sand crews
can get there.
Whatever the condition
--
smooth ice9 packed, blowing
or loose snow
--
drive with caution.
If you have the Enhanced Traction System, keep the
system
on.
It will improve
your
ability to accelerate
when driving on
a
slippery road. Even
though your
vehicle has this system, you'll want
to
slow down and
adjust your driving tu
the road conditions. See
"Enhanced Traction System"
in
the
Index.
If you don't have the Enhanced Traction System,
accelerate gently. Try not to break the fragile traction, If
you accelerate too fast, the drive wheels will spin
and
polish the surface under th,e tires even more.
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