1996 Pontiac Sunfire Owner's Manual - Page 150

Defensive 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 "beready for anything." On city streets, rural roads or freeways, it means "always expect the unexpected." going to be Assume that pedestrians or other drivers are carekess a& make mist,&es. Antkip&!what t h y might do. Be ready €ortheir mistakes. Rear-end collisions are about themost preventable of accidents. Yet they are common. Allow enough following distance. It's the best defensive driving maneuver, in bothcity and rural driving. You never know when the vehicle in frontof you is going to brake or turn suddenly. Here you'llfind information about driving on different kinds of roads and in varying weather conditions. We've also included many other useful tips on driving. 4-1