Chevrolet S 10 owners manual page 201

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Scanning the Terrain When you drive over obstacles or rough terrain, keep a Off-road driving can take you over many different kindsﬁrm grip on the steering wheel. Ruts, troughs or of terrain. You need to be familiar with the terrainother surface features can jerk the wheel out of your and its many different features. Here are some things tohands if you are not prepared. consider. When you drive over bumps, rocks, or other obstacles, your wheels can leave the ground. If this happens, Surface Conditions: Off-roading can take you overeven with one or two wheels, you can not control the hard-packed dirt, gravel, rocks, grass, sand, mud, snowvehicle as well or at all. or ice. Each of these surfaces affects the steering,Because you will be on an unpaved surface, it is acceleration and braking of your vehicle in differentespecially important to avoid sudden acceleration, ways. Depending upon the kind of surface you are on,sudden turns or sudden braking. you may experience slipping, sliding, wheel spinning,In a way, off-road driving requires a different kind of delayed acceleration, poor traction and longer brakingalertness from driving on paved roads and highways. distances. There are no road signs, posted speed limits or Surface Obstacles: Unseen or hidden obstacles cansignal lights. You have to use your own good judgment be hazardous. A rock, log, hole, rut or bump can startleabout what is safe and what is not. you if you are not prepared for them. Often theseDrinking and driving can be very dangerous on any obstacles are hidden by grass, bushes, snow or evenroad. And this is certainly true for off-road driving. At the the rise and fall of the terrain itself. Here are somevery time you need special alertness and driving things to consider: skills, your reﬂexes, perceptions and judgment can be • Is the path ahead clear?affected by even a small amount of alcohol. You • Will the surface texture change abruptly up ahead?could have a serious — or even fatal — accident if you • Does the travel take you uphill or downhill?drink and drive or ride with a driver who has been drinking. See Drunken Driving on page 4-2. (There is more discussion of these subjects later.) • Will you have to stop suddenly or change direction quickly? 4-17

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