2009 GMC Acadia Owner's Manual - Page 437

{ CAUTION: Avoid looking too long or too often at the moving map on the navigation screen. This could cause a crash and you or others can be injured or killed. Use the turn-by-turn voice guidance directions whenever possible. Use the navigation system to: system uses limited information, you must always evaluate whether following the system's directions is safe and legal for the current conditions. When the navigation system is turned on, a screen may appear with the information below, and you must read and acknowledge the information it contains. { CAUTION: Taking your eyes off the road for extended periods could cause a crash resulting in injury or death to you or others. To help avoid a crash in which you or others could be killed: • Plan a route. • Select a destination using various methods and choices. • Follow turn-by-turn route and map guidance with voice prompts, only if permitted by traffic laws, controls, and conditions. You should always be alert and obey traffic and roadway laws and instructions, regardless of the guidance from the navigation system. Because the navigation system uses street map information that does not include all traffic restrictions or the latest road changes, it may suggest using a road that is now closed for construction or a turn that is prohibited by signs at the intersection. Because the • Always concentrate on your driving first by keeping your eyes and mind on the road, and your hands on the wheel. • Follow system directions only if permitted by traffic laws, controls, and conditions. • Before using this system, read the owner's manual and learn how it operates. • Some system controls cannot be used the when vehicle is moving. 1-5