1995 Chevrolet Blazer Owner's Manual - Page 156

Rear-end collisions are about the most preventableaccidents. Yet they of 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 frontof you is going to brake or suddenly. turn Drunken Driving Death and injury associated with drinking and driving national tragedy. is a It's the number one contributor the highway deathtoll, claiming to thousands of victims every year. Alcohol affects four things that anyone needs to drive a vehicle: 0 Judgment Muscular Coordination Vision Attentiveness Police records show that almost half of all motor vehicle-related deaths involve alcohol. In most cases, these deaths are the result someone who of was drinking anddriving. In recent years, some 18,000 annual motor vehicle-related deaths have been associated with the use alcohol, with of more than300,000 people injured. Many adults - by some estimates, nearly half the adult populationchoose never to drinkalcohol, so they never drive after drinking. For persons under21, it's against the law in every state to drink alcohol. U.S. There are good medical, psychological and developmental reasons these for laws. The obvious way to solve this highway safety problem for people never to is drink alcohol and then drive. But what if people do? How much is"too much" if the driver plans to drive? It's less than many might think. a lot Although it depends on each person andsituation, here is some general information on the problem. The Blood AlcoholConcentration (BAC) of someone who is drinking depends upon four things: 0 How much alcohol consumed The drinker's body weight The amount of food that is consumed before and during drinking The length of time it's taken the drinker to consume the alcohol 0 0 4-2