1998 GMC Safari Owner's Manual - Page 186

Assume that pedestriansor other drivers are going to be careless and make mistakes. Anticipate what they might do. Be ready for their mistakes. Rear-end collisions are about the most preventable of accidents. Yet they are common.Mow enough following distance. It's the best defensive driving maneuver, both in city andrural driving. You never know when the vehicle in front of you is going to brake t r suddenly. or u n Defensive driving requires that a driver concentrate on the driving task. Anything that distracts from the driving task -- such as concentratingon a cellular telephone call, reading, or reaching something on the for floor -- makes proper defensive driving more difficult and even can cause a collision, with resulting injury. Ask a passenger to help do things like this, or pull the roadin a safe off place to do them yourself. These simple defensive driving techniques could save your life. Defensive Driving The best advice anyone give about driving can 1s: Drive defensively. Drunken Driving Death and injury associated with drinking and driving isa nationaltragedy.It'sthenumberonecontributortothe Please start with a very important safety device in your highway death toll, claiming thousands of victims every vehicle: Buckle up. (See "Safety Belts" in the Index.) Alcohol affects four things that anyone needs drive to a vehicle: Judgment MuscularCoordination Defensive driving really means "be ready anything." for On city streets, rural roads or freeways, it means "always expect the unexpected." I 4-2