Chevrolet Astro II 2 owners manual page 178

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• Do not get too close to the vehicle you want tofront in your inside mirror, activate your right lane pass while you are awaiting an opportunity. For onechange signal and move back into the right thing, following too closely reduces your area oflane. Remember that your right outside mirror is vision, especially if you are following a largerconvex. The vehicle you just passed may seem to vehicle. Also, you will not have adequate space ifbe farther away from you than it really is. the vehicle ahead suddenly slows or stops.• Try not to pass more than one vehicle at a time on Keep back a reasonable distance.two-lane roads. Reconsider before passing the • When it looks like a chance to pass is coming up,next vehicle. start to accelerate but stay in the right lane and• Do not overtake a slowly moving vehicle too rapidly. do not get too close. Time your move so you willEven though the brake lamps are not ﬂashing, it be increasing speed as the time comes to move intomay be slowing down or starting to turn. the other lane. If the way is clear to pass, you will• If you are being passed, make it easy for the have a running start that more than makes upfollowing driver to get ahead of you. Perhaps for the distance you would lose by dropping back.you can ease a little to the right. 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.Loss of Control • If other vehicles are lined up to pass a slow vehicle,Let us review what driving experts say about what wait your turn. But take care that someone is nothappens when the three control systems — brakes, trying to pass you as you pull out to pass the slowsteering, and acceleration — do not have enough friction vehicle. Remember to glance over your shoulderwhere the tires meet the road to do what the driver and check the blind spot. has asked. • Check your mirrors, glance over your shoulder,In any emergency, do not give up. Keep trying to steer and start your left lane change signal before movingand constantly seek an escape route or area of less out of the right lane to pass. When you are fardanger. enough ahead of the passed vehicle to see its 4-12

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