Cadillac 1996 Fleetwood Owner's Manual download pdf (Page 158)

not get too close to the vehicle you want to pass

while you’re awaiting an opportunity. For one thing,

following too closely reduces your area of vision,

especially if you’re following a larger vehicle.

Also, you won’t have adequate space if the vehicle

ahead suddenly slows or stops. Keep back a

reasonable distance.

When it looks like

chance to pass is coming up,

start to accelerate but stay in the right lane and don’t

get too close. Time your move

you will be

increasing speed as the time comes to move into the

other lane.

the way is clear to pass, you will have a

“running start” that more than makes up for the

distance you would lose by dropping back. And if

something happens to cause you to cancel your pass,

you need only slow down and drop back again and

wait for another opportunity.

If other cars

are

lined up to pass a slow vehicle, wait

your turn. But take care that someone isn’t trying to

pass you as you pull out to pass the slow vehicle.

Remember to glance over your shoulder and check

the blind spot.

Check your mirrors, glance over your shoulder, and

start your left lane change signal before moving out

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

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.

Don’t 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’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

Control

Let’s review what driving experts say about what

happens when the

three

control 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

less danger.

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