1998 Pontiac Firebird Owner's Manual - Page 171

in Please start with a very important safety device your Pontiac: Buckle up. (See "Safety Belts" the Index.) in Defensive driving really means "be ready anything." for On city streets,rural roads or freeways, it means "always expect the unexpected." Assume that pedestrians or other drivers going to be are careless and make mistakes. Anticipate what they might do. Be ready their mistakes. for Rear-end collisionsare 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 when the vehicle in front of you is going to brake or suddenly. turn Defensive driving requires thata driver concentrate on the driving task. Anythmg that distracts fromthe driving task -- such as concentrating on a cellular telephone call, reading, or reaching for something the floor -- makes on proper defensivedriving more difficult and can even cause a collision, with resulting injury. a passenger to help Ask do do things like this, or pull off the road in a safe place to t e yourself. These simple defensive driving techniques hm could save yourlife. I Defensive Driving The best advice anyone give about driving can is: Drive defensively, 4-2