1998 Buick Riviera Owner's Manual - Page 169

Assume that pedestrians or other drivers are going to be careless and make mistakes. Anticipate what they might do. Be ready their mistakes. for Rear-end collisions are about most preventableof the accidents. Yet they are common. Allow enough following distance. It's the best defensive driving maneuver, in both city and rural driving. never You know when the vehicle front of you is going to brake in or turn suddenly. Drunken Driving Death and injury associated with drinking and driving is a national tragedy. It's number one contributor to the the highway death toll, claiming thousands victims of every year. Defensive Driving The best advice anyone give about drivingis: can Drive defensively. Alcohol affectsfour things that anyone needs to drive a vehicle: Judgment MuscularCoordination Please start with a very important safety device in your 0 Vision Buick: Buckle up. (See "Safety Belts" in the Index.) Attentiveness. for Defensive driving really means "be ready anything." On city streets, rural roads or freeways,means it "always expect the unexpected." 4-2