1995 Chevrolet S10 Pickup Owner's Manual - Page 135

Assume that pedestrians or other drivers are going to be careless and make mistakes. Anticipate what they mightdo. 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 whenthe vehicle in front of you isgoing to brake or turn suddenly. Drunken Driving Death and injury associated withdrinking and driving is a national tragedy. It's the number one contributor to the highway death toll, claiming thousands of victims every year. Alcohol affects four things that anyone needs to drive a vehicle: Judgment 0 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 of someone who was drinking and driving. In recent years, some 18,000 annual motor vehicle-related deaths have been associated with theuse of alcohol, with more than 300,000 people injured. Many adults -by some estimates, nearly half theadult population choose never to drink alcohol, so they never drive after drinking. For persons under 21, it's against the law in everyU.S. state to drink alcohol. There aregood medical, psychological anddevelopmental reasons for these laws. The obvious way to solve this highway safety problem is forpeople never to drink alcohol and then drive. But what people do? How much is"too if much" if the driver plans to drive? It's a lot less than many might think. Although it depends on each person and situation, here is some general information on the problem. The Blood Alcohol Concentration (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 4-2