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Your

Driving

and

the

Road

Check your mirrors, glance over your shoulder, and start your left lane

change signal before moving out of the right lane

pass. When you

are far enough ahead of the passed vehicle

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

be further away from you than it

really

is.)

Try

not

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 lights are not flashing, it may be slowing down or starting

turn.

If you’re being passed, make it easy for the following driver

get ahead

of you. Perhaps you can ease a little

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

what the driver has asked.

In any emergency, don’t give up. Keep trying

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

existing conditions, and by not

“overdriving” those conditions. But skids are always possible.

The three types

skids correspond

your vehicle’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

slip and lose

cornering force. And in the acceleration skid,

too

much throttle causes the

driving wheels

spin.

cornering skid and an acceleration skid are best handled by easing your

foot

off

the accelerator pedal.

your vehicle starts to slide (as when you turn

a corner on a wet, snow- or ice-covered road), ease your foot

off

the

accelerator pedal

soon

you feel the vehicle start

slide. Quickly steer

the way you want the vehicle

go.

you start steering quickly enough, your

vehicle will straighten out.

it does, straighten the front wheels.

course, traction

reduced when water, snow, ice, gravel, or other material

is on the road. For safety, you’ll want

slow down and adjust your driving to

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