1993 Pontiac Bonneville Owner's Manual - Page 154

Control of a Vehicle the chance of a crash itself is higher for "I'll be careful" isn't the right answer. What if there's an emergency, a need to drinking drivers. take sudden action,as when a child darts into the street?A person with a higher BAC might not be able to react Drinking and then driving is quickly enough to avoidthe collision. very dangerous. Your reflexes, There's something else about drinking perceptions, and judgment will be and driving that many people don't affected by even a small amount of know. Medical research shows that alcohol. You could have a alcohol in a person's system can make serious-or even fatal-accident if crash injuries worse. That's especially you drive after drinking. Please true for brain, spinal cord and heart don't drink and drive or ride with a injuries. That means that if anyone who driver who has been drinking. has been drinking-driver or Ride home in acab; or if you're passenger-is in a crash, the chance of with a group, designate a driver being killed or permanently disabled is who will not drink. higher than if that person had not been drinking. And we've already seen that ' You have three systems that make your vehicle go where you want it to go. They are the brakes, the steering and the accelerator. All three systems have to do their work atthe places where the tires meet the road. Sometimes, as when you're driving on snow or ice, it's easy to ask more of those control systems than tires and the road can provide. That means you can lose control of your vehicle. 3