1993 Cadillac Eldorado Owner's Manual - Page 186

TRAFFIC OFFICER The traffic police officer also a source important information. The is of or officer's signals govern, no matter what the traffic lights other signs say. The next sectiondiscusses some of the road conditionsyou may encounter. DEFENSIVE D M N G The bestadvice anyone cangive about driving is: Drive defensively. Please start with a very important safetydevice in your Cadillac: Buckle up. (See "Safety Belts" the Index.) in Defensive driving really means "be ready for anything." On streets, city rural roads, or freeways, it means "always expect the unexpected." Assume that pedestrians or other drivers are going to be careless and make mistakes. Anticipate what they might do. ready for their Be mistakes. Expect children to dash out from behind parked cars, followed by often other children. Expect occupantsin parked cars to open doors traffic. into Watch for movement in parked cars someone may be about to open -a door. Expect other drivers to run stopsigns when you are on a through street. Be readyto brakeif necessary asyou go through intersections. You may not have to use the brake, but you do, you will be ready. if If you're driving through a shopping center parking lot where there are well-marked lanes, directional arrows, and designated parking areas, expect some drivers to ignore all these markings and dash straight toward one partof the lot. Pedestrians can be careless. Watch for them.In general, you must give way to pedestrians evenif you know you have the right of way. Rear-end collisionsare about the most preventableof 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 wh.en suddenly. the vehicle in front of you is going to brake or turn 172