GMC 2003 Envoy - Manual (Page 246)

Dt) not got too close !o Ihe vetifcle you want to
fjass while /ujïe awaiting an opportunity. For
one thing, following too dosaly r&duces your area
of vistnn, especiaHy if you're IqElowing a larger
vehicle AI
s O h you wun't have actequale apace if the
vehicle ahsact suddenly slows or slops. Keep
back a reasonable distance.
When it looks like a chance to pass is coming up,
start
io accelerate but slay in the right lane and
don’t get too close. Time your move so you will be
increasing speed as the time comos to move
Inlo the other lane.
It
the way Is deer lo pase, yau
will have a “running stad" that more than rrtakes
up far the distance you would lo&a by dropping
bach And if something happens lo cause you to
cancel your pass, you need only slow down
and drop back again and wait lor another
opportunity,
IT
other vehicles are Hned up to pass a slow vehicle,
wait your turn. But 1ako саго that someone Isn't
trying to paas you as you pull out to pass the slow
vehicle. Remember to glance over your shoulder
and
Check the blind spot.
• Check your mirrors, glance ovgr your shouldac and
start your leFl lane change signal before moving out
of the right larte to pass When you are far
enough ahead of Ihe passed vehicle to see Its front
in your inside mirror, activate your right lane
change signal ar>d move back into trig right fane.
(Remember lhat your right outside rrrlrror is convex.
The vehicle you iust passed may seem to he
farther away trum you than it reaJly is.)
• Try not to pass more than one vehicle at a time on
two-lane roads. Reconsider batare passing Lhe
nexi vehicle,
• Don't cveneke a sJowly moving vehicta too rapidly.
Even ihough tfte brake lamps are not Hashing, it
may be slowing down or starting to turn,
• IF you're being passed, make It easy for the
following driver to get ahead oi you- Perhaps you
can ease a liltle lo lhe right.
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