DRIVING AND OPERATING 183. Be alert on top of hills; somethingcould be in your lane (e.g., stalledcar, accident).. Pay attention to special road signs(e.g., falling rocks area, windingroads, long gradients, overtakingor no-overtaking zones) and takeappropriate action.Winter DrivingDriving on Snow or IceSnow or ice between the tyres and theroad creates less traction or grip, sodrive carefully. Wet ice can occur atabout 0 °C (32 °F) when freezing rainbegins to fall. Avoid driving on wet iceor in freezing rain until roads can betreated.For slippery road driving:. Accelerate gently. Accelerating tooquickly causes the wheels to spinand makes the surface under thetyres slick.. Turn on Traction Control. SeeTraction Control/Electronic StabilityControl 0 202.. Antilock Brake System (ABS)improves vehicle stability duringhard stops, but the brakes shouldbe applied sooner than when ondry pavement. See Antilock BrakeSystem (ABS) 0 199.. See Driver Mode Control 0 203.. Allow greater following distanceand watch for slippery spots. Icypatches can occur on otherwiseclear roads in shaded areas. Thesurface of a curve or an overpasscan remain icy when thesurrounding roads are clear. Avoidsudden steering manoeuvres andbraking while on ice.. Turn off cruise control.Blizzard ConditionsStop the vehicle in a safe place andsignal for help. Stay with the vehicleunless there is help nearby. Get helpand keep everyone in the vehicle safe:. Turn on the hazard warning lights.. Tie a red cloth to an outsidemirror.{ WarningSnow can trap engine exhaustunder the vehicle. This may causeexhaust gases to get inside. Engineexhaust contains carbon monoxide(CO), which cannot be seen orsmelled. It can causeunconsciousness and even death.If the vehicle is stuck in snow:. Clear snow from the base ofthe vehicle, especially anyblocking the exhaust pipe.. Open a window about 5 cm(2 in) on the vehicle side thatis away from the wind, tobring in fresh air.. Fully open the air outlets onor under the instrumentpanel.. Adjust the climate controlsystem to circulate the airinside the vehicle and set the(Continued)
