Chevrolet 2003 Venture Specifications download pdf (Page 300)

• Check your mirrors, glance over your shoulder, 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 time on

two-lane roads. Reconsider before passing the

next vehicle.

• 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.

• 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.

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

possible.

The three types of skids correspond to your vehicle’s

three control systems. In the braking skid, your wheels

are not 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. If you do not have

this system, or if the system is off, then an acceleration

skid is also best handled by easing your foot off the

accelerator pedal.

If your vehicle starts to slide, ease your foot off the

accelerator pedal and quickly steer the way you want

the vehicle to go. If you start steering quickly enough,

your vehicle may straighten out. Always be ready

for a second skid if it occurs.

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