1994 Chevrolet Lumina Owner's Manual - Page 108

Your Driving andthe Just how muchalcohol is too muchif a person plans to drive? Ideally, no one Death and injury associated with drinking should drink alcohol and then drive. But The best advice anyone can give about and driving is a national tragedy. It's the if one does, then what's "too much"? It driving is: Drive defensively. can be a lot less than many might think. number one contributor to the highway Please start with a very important safety death toll, claiming thousands of victims Although it depends on each person and device in your Chevrolet: Buckle up. (See every year. Alcohol takes awaythree situation, here is some general "Safety Belts'' in theIndex.) information on the problem. things that anyone needs to drive a vehicle: Defensive driving really means "be ready The Blood Alcohol Content(BAC) of for anything." On city streets, rural roads, 0 Judgment someone who is drinking depends upon or freeways, it means "always expect the four things: 0 Muscular Coordination unexpected." How much alcohol is in the drink. 0 Vision Assume that pedestrians or other drivers The drinker's body weight. are going to becareless and make Police records show that almost half of all mistakes. Anticipate what they might do. motor vehicle-related deaths involve The amount of food that is consumed Be ready fortheir mistakes. alcohol - a driver, a passenger or before and during drinking. someone else, such as a pedestrian, had Rear-end collisions are about the most The length of time it has taken the been drinking. In most cases, these deaths preventable 'of accidents. Yet they are drinker to consume the alcohol. are the result of someone who was common. Allow enough following drinking and driving. About 20,000 motor distance. It's the best defensive driving maneuver, in bothcity and rural driving. vehicle-related deaths occur each year You never know when the vehicle in front because of alcohol, and thousands of of you is going to brake or turn suddenly. people are injured. w Defensive Driving w Drunken Driving * ...106