1995 GMC Jimmy Owner's Manual - Page 156

Rear-end collisions are about the most preventable of accidents. Yet they are common. Allow enough following distance. It's the bestdefensive driving maneuver, in both cityand rural driving. You never know whenthe vehicle in front of you is going to brake or turn suddenly. Drunken Driving Death and injury associated with drinking 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: 0 Judgment Muscular Coordination Vision Attentiveness 0 Police records show that almost half of all motor vehicle-related deaths involve alcohol. In most cases, these deaths are the result ofsomeone who was drinking and driving. In recent years, some 18,000 annual motor vehicle-related deaths have been associated with the of alcohol, with use 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 every U.S. state to drink alcohol. There aregood medical, psychological and developmentalreasons for these laws. The obvious way to solve this highway safety problem is people never to for drink alcohol and then drive. But what if people do? How much is"too much" if the driver plans to drive? It's a lotless 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 isdrinking depends upon four things: How much alcohol consumed The drinker's body weight 0 The amount of food that is consumed before and during drinking The length of time it's taken thedrinker to consume the alcohol 0 4-2