1993 Pontiac Grand Am Owner's Manual - Page 130

rn Control of a Vehicle the chance of a crash itself is higher for "I'll be careful" isn't right answer. the What if there's an emergency, a need to drinking drivers. take suddenaction, as when a child darts into the street? person with a A I higher BAC might not be able to react quickly enough to avoid the collision. Drinking and then driving is L b verydangerous. 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 make can 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 thatif 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 disabledis 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 at the 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 the tires and road can provide. That means you can lose control of your vehicle. i\ I