74 Chapter 4 — Your Driving Skids To avoid skidding when driving with these roadway conditions: If you find yourself in a skid: Crashes If a crash seems likely: If you are about to be hit from the rear, and there are no vehicles in front  of you: If you are about to be hit: In the event you are involved in a crash: • If the crash occurred on a main lane, ramp, shoulder, median or adjacent area of  the highway and there are no injuries or fatalities, each vehicle should be moved  out of the travel lane onto the shoulder of the road provided it can be driven  safely under its own power and without causing further damage to the vehicle,  • Try to ensure that someone informs a law enforcement officer immediately; and • Do whatever you can to help those who have been injured; • Take precautions to prevent further crashes at the scene; • You must stop the vehicle immediately. If you do not stop, you have violated the law; • If all else fails, use your arms and hands to protect your face from breaking  glass. • Prepare to turn fast so that you can try to control the vehicle. • Keep a tight grip on the steering wheel; and • Press the back of your head firmly against the head rest. • Brace yourself between the steering wheel and the seat; and • Be ready to apply your brakes if there is no room to move; • Press the accelerator and move away as quickly as possible; • Sound the horn; • Keep to the right; • Turn away from oncoming traffic, even if you must leave the road; and/or • Drive off the road, into an open field if possible. •  Ease your foot off the accelerator; •  Turn the steering wheel in the direction the rear of the vehicle is skidding; and •  As soon as the vehicle's path begins to straighten, turn the steering wheel  back the other way so you will not over-steer. • Reduce speed gradually; • Engage your anti-lock braking system using firm, steady pressure on the brake  pedal. Do not PUMP anti-lock brakes. If you do not have anti-lock brakes, you  should pump the brakes gently to slow the vehicle. Certain roadway conditions such as wet roads, ice and packed snow are more  likely to cause skids.