Chevrolet Silverado I 1 owners manuals page 302

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Locking Rear Axle The traction you can get in a curve depends on the If your vehicle has this feature, your locking rear axlecondition of your tires and the road surface, the angle at can give you additional traction on snow, mud, ice, sandwhich the curve is banked, and your speed. While or gravel. It works like a standard axle most of theyou are in a curve, speed is the one factor you time, but when one of the rear wheels has no tractioncan control. and the other does, this feature will allow the wheel withSuppose you are steering through a sharp curve. traction to move the vehicle. Then you suddenly accelerate. Both control systems — steering and acceleration — have to do Steering their work where the tires meet the road. Adding the sudden acceleration can demand too much of those Power Steering places. You can lose control. See Traction Assist If you lose power steering assist because the engineSystem (TAS) on page 4-8. stops or the system is not functioning, you can steer butWhat should you do if this ever happens? Ease up on it will take much more effort. the accelerator pedal, steer the vehicle the way you Steering Tips want it to go, and slow down. Speed limit signs near curves warn that you should Driving on Curves adjust your speed. Of course, the posted speeds It is important to take curves at a reasonable speed.are based on good weather and road conditions. Under Alot of the “driver lost control” accidents mentioned onless favorable conditions you will want to go slower. the news happen on curves. Here is why:If you need to reduce your speed as you approach Experienced driver or beginner, each of us is subject toa curve, do it before you enter the curve, while your front the same laws of physics when driving on curves.wheels are straight ahead. The traction of the tires against the road surface makesTry to adjust your speed so you can “drive” through the it possible for the vehicle to change its path whencurve. Maintain a reasonable, steady speed. Wait to you turn the front wheels. If there is no traction, inertiaaccelerate until you are out of the curve, and then will keep the vehicle going in the same direction. Ifaccelerate gently into the straightaway. you have ever tried to steer a vehicle on wet ice, you will understand this. 4-12

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