1997 Buick Century Owner's Manual - Page 188
1997 Buick Century Manual
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Defensive Driving F A The best advice anyone can give aboutdriving is: Drive defensively. Please start with a very Important safety device in your Buick: Buckle up. (See "Safety Belts" in the Index.) Defensive driving really means "be ready for anything." On city streets, rural roads or freeways, it means "always expect the unexpected." going to be Assume that pedestrians or other drivers are careless and make mistakes. Anticipate what they might do. Be ready for their mistakes. Rear-end collisions are about the most preventable of accidents. Yet they are common. Allow enough following distance. It's the best defensive driving maneuver, in both city and rural driving. You never know when the vehicle in front of you is going to brake or turn suddenly. 4-2