1994 Pontiac Firebird Owner's Manual - Page 127

Your Driving and the Road IDefensive Driving The best advice anyone can give about driving is: Drive defensively. Please start with a very important safety device in your Pontiac: Buckle up. (See "Safety Belts" in the Index.) Defensive driving really means "be ready for anything." On city streets, rural roads, or freeways, it means "always expect the unexpected." Assume that pedestrians or 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. Allow enough following distance. It's the best defensive driving maneuver, in both city and rural driving. You never know whenthe vehicle in front of you is going to brake turn suddenly. or :very year. Alcohol takes awaythree :hings thatanyone needs to drive a vehicle: Judgment Muscular Coordination Vision Police records show that almost half of all motor vehicle-related deaths involve alcohol -a driver, a passenger or someone else, such as a pedestrian, had been drinking. In most cases, these deaths are the result of someone who was drinking and driving. About 20,000 motor vehicle-related deaths occur each year because of alcohol, and thousands of people are injured. Just how muchalcohol is too much if a person plans to drive? Ideally, no one should drink alcohol and then drive. But if one does, then what's "too much"? It can be a lot less than many might think. Although it depends on each person and situation, here is some general information on the problem. The Blood Alcohol Content (BAC)of Gomeone who is drinking depends upon Four things: How much alcohol is in the drink. The drinker'sbody weight. The amount of food that is consumed before and during drinking. The lengthof time it has taken the drinker to consume the alcohol. Drunken Driving Death and injury associated with drinking and driving is a national tragedy. It's the number one contributor to the highway death toll, claiming thousands of victims ...I26