Chevrolet TRACKER 1997 Owner's Manual download pdf (Page 155)

Remember: Anti-lock doesn’t change the time you need

to get your foot up to the brake pedal or always decrease

stopping distance. If you get too close to the vehicle in

front

you,

you

won’t have time to apply your brakes

if that vehicle suddenly slows or

stops.

Always leave

enough

room up ahead to stop, even though you have

anti-lock brakes.

Using

Anti-Lock

Don’t pump the brakes. Just hold the brake pedal down

and let anti-lock work for

you.

You may feel the system

working, or

you

may notice some noise, but

this

is normal.

ABS

ACTIVE

When your anti-lock system

is adjusting brake pressure

to help avoid a braking skid,

this light will come on. See

“Anti-Lock Brake System

Active Light” in

the

Index.

Braking in Emergencies

At some time, nearly every driver gets into a situation

that requires hard braking.

If you have anti-lock, you can steer and brake at the

same time. However,

you don’t have anti-lock, your

first reaction

hit the brake pedal hard and hold it

down

may be the wrong thing to

do.

Your wheels

can stop rolling. Once they do, the vehicle can’t respond

to your steering. Momentum will carry it in whatever

direction it was headed when the wheels stopped rolling.

That could be off the road, into the very thing you were

trying to avoid, or into traffic.

If you don’t have anti-lock, use a “squeeze” braking

technique. This will give you maximum braking while

maintaining steering control.

You

do this by pushing on

the

brake pedal with steadily increasing pressure.

emergency, you

will

probably want to squeeze the

brakes hard without locking the wheels. If

you

hear or

feel the wheels sliding, ease

off

the brake pedal. This

will help you retain steering control. (If you

have

anti-lock, it’s different: see “Anti-Lock Brakes” in

the Index.)

In many emergencies, steering can help you more than

even the very best braking.

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