1993 Chevrolet S10 Pickup Owner's Manual - Page 163

maneuver,inbothcityandruraldriving.Youneverknowwhenthevehiclein front ofyou isgoing to brakeorturnsuddenly. Here'safinalbitofinformationaboutdefensivedriving.Themostdangerous U.S. is veryearlyonSundaymorning.Infact, GM timefordrivinginthe Research studies show that the most and the least dangerous times for driving,everyweek,fallonthesame day. ThatdayisSunday.Themost dangeroustimeisSundayfrom3a.m.to4 a.m. ThesafesttimeisSunday 3 a.m. from 10 a.m.to 11 a.m.DrivingthesamedistanceonaSundayat isn'tjusta little moredangerousthan it isat 10 a.m. It'sabout134times moredangerous!Thatleadstothenextpart. Drunken Driving Deathandinjuryassociatedwithdrinkinganddrivingisanationaltragedy.It's thenumberonecontributortothehighwaydeathtoll,claimingthousands victimseveryyear.Alcoholtakesawaythreethingsthatanyoneneedsto drive a vehicle: Judgment 0 of Muscular Coordination Vision Policerecordsshowthathalf of allmotorvehicle-relateddeathsinvolve alcohol-adriver, apassengerorsomeoneelse,suchasapedestrian,had beendrinking.Inmostcases,thesedeathsaretheresult of someonewho 25,000 motorvehicle-relateddeathsoccur wasdrinkinganddriving.Over of peopleareinjured. eachyearbecauseofalcohol,andthousands if apersonplanstodrive?Ideally,no Justhowmuchalcoholistoomuch if onedoes,thenwhat's"too oneshoulddrinkalcoholandthendrive.But it dependsoneach much''can bealotlessthanmanymightthink.Although personandsituation,hereissomegeneralinformationontheproblem. TheBloodAlcoholContent(BAC)ofsomeonewhoisdrinkingdependsupon four things: Howmuchalcohol is inthedrink. Thedrinker'sbodyweight. Theamountoffoodthatisconsumedbeforeandduringdrinking. Thelength of timeithastakenthedrinkertoconsumethealcohol. 4-9