Chevrolet 1993 Lumina Bedienungshandbuch PDF herunterladen (Seite 154)

Your Driving and

the

Road

Driving

on

Snow

or

Ice

Most of the time, those places where

your tires meet the road probably have

good traction.

However, if there is snow or ice

between your tires and the road, you

can have a very slippery situation.

You’ll have a lot less traction or “grip”

and you will need to be very careful.

What’s the worst time for this? “Wet

ice.” Very cold snow or ice can be slick

and hard to drive on. But wet ice can be

even more trouble because it may offer

the least traction of all. You can get

“wet ice” when it’s about freezing

(32°F’

0

“C)

and freezing rain begins to

fall. Try to avoid driving on wet ice until

salt and sand crews can get there.

Whatever the condition-smooth ice,

packed, blowing or loose snow-drive

with caution. Accelerate gently. Try not

to break the fragile traction. If you

accelerate too fast, the drive wheels will

spin and polish the surface under the

tires even more.

Unless you have the anti-lock braking

system, you’ll want to brake very gently,

too. (If you do have anti-lock, see the

Index

under

Anti-Lock Brake

System.

This system improves your vehicle’s

ability to make a hard stop on a slippery

road.)

Whether you have the anti-lock braking

system or not, you’ll want to begin

stopping sooner than you would on dry

pavement. Without anti-lock brakes,

if

you feel your vehicle begin to slide, let

up on the brakes a little. Push the brake

pedal down steadily to get the most

traction you can.

Remember, unless you have anti-lock, if

you brake

so

hard that your wheels stop

rolling, you’ll just slide. Brake

so

your

wheels always keep rolling and you can

still steer.

Whatever your braking system, allow

greater following distance on any

slippery road.

Watch for slippery spots. The road

might be fine until you hit a spot

that’s covered with ice. On an

otherwise clear road, ice patches may

appear in shaded areas where the sun

can’t reach: around clumps

of

trees,

behind buildings, or under bridges.

Sometimes the surface of

a

curve or

an overpass may remain icy when the

surrounding roads are clear. If you see

a

patch of ice ahead of you, brake

before you are on it. Try not to brake

while you’re actually on the ice, and

avoid sudden steering maneuvers.

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