Chevrolet PRIZM 1996 Bedienungshandbuch PDF herunterladen (Seite 153)

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 of 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”

the Index.

Braking in Emergencies

some time, nearly every driver gets into

situation

that requires hard braking.

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

same time. However, if you don’t have anti-lock, your

first reaction

to 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

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.

In an 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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