1997 Buick Park Avenue Owner's Manual - Page 190

Assume that pedestrians or other drivers are going to be 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 bestdefensive driving maneuver, in both city and ruraldriving. You never know when the vehiclein front of you is goingto brake or turn suddenly. Drunken Driving Death and injury associated with drinking and driving is a national tragedy.It's the number one contributor to the highway death toll,claiming thousands of victims every year. Defensive Driving The best advice anyone can giveabout driving is: Drive defensively. Please start with a veryimportant 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." Alcohol affects four things that anyone needs to drive a vehicle: Judgment 0 Muscular Coordination Vision Attentiveness. 0 4-2