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Check your mirrors, glance over your shoulder, and
staxt 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 pas.sed may seem to be farther away from you
than
it really is.)
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Try not to pass more than onevehicle at a time on
two-lane roads. Reconsider before passing the next
vehicle.
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Don't overt&e a slowly moving vehicle too rapidly.
Even though the brake lamps are not flashing,
it
h a y
be slowjng down or starting to turn.
If you're 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's review what driving experts say about what
happens when the three controi 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 escape route or area.of less danger.
Skidding
I n .
a skid, a driver can lose. control of the vehicle.
Defensive drivers avoid most skids by taking reasonable
care suited to existing conditions, zind by not-"overdriving"
those conditions. But skids
are
allways possible.
The three types of skids correspond to your Buick'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.
A cornering skid
is
best handled by easing your foot off
the accelerator pedal.
If
YOU
have the traction control system;remember: It
helps avoid
only
the acceleration skid.
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