1994 Pontiac Bonneville Owner's Manual - Page 139

Your Driving and the Road Just how much alcohol is too much if a person plans to drive? Ideally, no one The best advice anyone can give about Death and injury associated with drinking should drink alcohol and then drive. But driving is: Drive defensively. and driving is a national tragedy. It's the if one does, then what's "too much"? It number one contributor to the highway can be a lot less than many might think. Please start with a very important safety death toll, claiming thousands of victims Although it depends on each person and device in your Pontiac: Buckle up. (See every year. Alcohol takes away three situation, here is some general "Safety Belts'' in the Index.) information on the problem. things that anyone needs to drive a vehicle: Defensive driving really means "be ready The Blood Alcohol Content (BAC) of for anything." On city streets, rural roads, Judgment someone who isdrinking depends upon or freeways, it means "always expect the four things: unexpected." 0 Muscular Coordination How much alcohol is in the drink. Assume that pedestrians or other drivers 0 Vision are going to be careless and make The drinker's body weight. mistakes. Anticipate what they might do. Police records show that almost half of all motor vehicle-related deaths involve The amount of food that is consumed Be ready for their mistakes. alcohol - a driver, a passenger or before and during drinking. Rear-end collisions are about the most someone else, such as a pedestrian, had 0 The length of time it has taken the preventable of accidents. Yet they are been drinking. In most cases, these deaths drinker to consume the alcohol. common. Allow enough following are the result of someone who was distance. It's the best defensive driving drinking and driving. About 20,000 motor maneuver, in both city and rural driving. vehicle-related deaths occur each year You never know when the vehicle in front because of alcohol, and thousands of of you is going to brake or turn suddenly. people are injured. Defensive Driving Drunken Driving ...138