User manual PONTIAC BONNEVILLE 1993

[. . . ] 1993 PONTIAC (SE, SSE, SSEi) OWNER'S MANUAL Bonneville 1993 Owner's Manual Pontiac Bonneville Introduction Table of Contents . . . 45 P a r t 3 Comfort Controls & Audio Systems . . 119 P a r t 4 Your Driving and the Road . . . . . . . . . . 191 P a r t 6 Service & Appearance Care . [. . . ] That's the time for evasive action-steering around the problem. Your Pontiac can perform very well in emergencies like these. It is better to removeas much speed as you can from a possible collision. Then steer around the problem, to the left or right depending on the space available. 161 `Your Driving and the Road Steering in Emergencies (CONI) An emergency like this requires close attention and aquick decision. If you are holding the steering wheelat the recommended 9 and 3 o'clock positions, you can turn it a full 180 degrees very quickly without removing either hand. But you have to act fast, steer quickly, and just as quickly straighten the wheel once you have avoided the object. You must then be prepared steer back to to your original lane and then brake to a controlled stop. Depending on your speed, this can be rather violent for an unprepared driver. This is one of the reasons driving experts recommend that you use your safety belts and keep both hands the on steering wheel. The fact that such emergency situations are always possible is a good reason to practice defensive driving at all times. 162 Off-Road Recovery You may find sometime that your right wheels have dropped off the edge of a road onto the shoulder while you're driving. If the level of the shoulder is only slightly below the pavement, recovery should be fairly easy. Ease off the accelerator and then, if there is nothing in the way, steer so that your vehicle straddles the edge of the pavement. You can turn the steering wheel up to 5/4 turn until the right front tire contacts the pavement edge. Then turn your steering wheel to go straight down the roadway. If the shoulder appears to be about four inches (100 mm) or more below the pavement, this differencecan cause problems. If there is not enough room to pull entirely onto the shoulder and stop, then follow the same procedures. But if the right front tire scrubs against the side of the pavement, do not steer more sharply. With too much steering angle, the vehicle may jump back onto the road with so much steering input thatit crosses over into the oncoming traffic before you can bring it back under control. Instead, easeoff again on the accelerator and steering input, straddle the pavement once more, thentry again. Passing The driver of a vehicle about to pass another on a two-lane highway waits for just the right moment, accelerates, moves around the vehicle ahead, then goes back into the right lane again. A simple maneuver?Passing another vehicle on a two-lane highway is a potentially dangerous move, since the passing vehicle occupies the same lane as oncoming traffic for several seconds. A miscalculation, an error in judgment, or a brief surrender to frustration or anger can suddenly put the passing driver face to face with the worst ofall traffic accidents-the head-on collision. [. . . ] 146 Questions & Service parts Identification Label . 303 S 317 Index Sheet Metal Damage . 126 Sound Systems (seeAudio Systems) Spare Tire. . 271 Speed Control (see Cruise Control) Speedometer and Odometer. [. . . ]