1993 GMC Safari Owner's Manual - Page 165

maneuver,inbothcityandruraldriving. You neverknowwhen front ofyou is goingtobrakeorturnsuddenly. the vehicle in Here'safinalbit of informationaboutdefensivedriving.Themostdangerous timefordriving in the U.S. is veryearly onSundaymorning. In fact, GM Researchstudiesshowthatthemostandtheleastdangeroustimesfor driving,everyweek,fall on the sameday.ThatdayisSunday.Themost dangeroustime is Sundayfrom3a.m.to4a.m.ThesafesttimeisSunday from 10 a.m.to11a.m. DrivingthesamedistanceonaSundayat3 a.m. isn'tjustalittlemoredangerousthan it is at10a.m.It'sabout 134 times moredangerous! That leads to the next part. Drunken Driving Deathandinjuryassociatedwithdrinkinganddriving is anationaltragedy.It's thenumberonecontributorto the highwaydeathtoll,claimingthousands of victimseveryyear.Alcoholtakesawaythreethingsthatanyoneneedsto drive a vehicle: Judgment Muscular Coordination Vision Policerecordsshowthathalf of all motor vehicle-related deaths involve alcohol-adriver, apassengerorsomeoneelse,such as apedestrian,had beendrinking. In mostcases,thesedeathsaretheresult of someonewho was drinkinganddriving.Over 25,000 motorvehicle-relateddeathsoccur eachyearbecause of alcohol,andthousands of peopleareinjured. Justhowmuchalcohol is toomuch if apersonplans to drive?Ideally,no if onedoes,thenwhat's"too oneshoulddrinkalcoholandthendrive.But much"? It can be alotlessthanmanymightthink.Althoughitdependson eachpersonandsituation,hereissomegeneralinformation on theproblem. TheBloodAlcoholContent(BAC) four things: Howmuchalcohol Thedrinker'sbodyweight. Theamount of foodthat is consumedbeforeandduringdrinking. Thelength of time it hastakenthedrinkertoconsumethealcohol. of someonewho is drinkingdependsupon is in thedrink. 4-9