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Defensive Driving The best advice anyone can give about driving is: Drive defensively. Please start with a very important safety device in your vehicle: 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 bestdefensive driving maneuver, in both city and rural driving. You never know when the vehicle in front of you is going to brake or turn suddenly. 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 every year. Alcohol takes away three things that anyone 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 thousandsof people are injured. Just how much alcohol istoo 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 mightthink. Although it depends on each person and situation, hereis some general information on the problem. The Blood Alcohol Content (BAC) of someone who is drinking depends upon four things: How much alcohol is in the drink. The drinker's body weight. The amount of food that is consumed before andduring drinking. The length of time it has taken the drinker to consume the alcohol. 4-2

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Defensive
Driving
The best advice anyone can give about driving
is:
Drive
defensively.
Please start with a very
important
safety device
in
your vehicle: 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
when the
vehicle
in
front
of
you
is going to
brake or turn
suddenly.
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
every
year.
Alcohol
takes
away
three
things
that
anyone 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
much
alcohol
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 someone who
is
drinking depends
upon four things:
How
much
alcohol
is
in
the drink.
The drinker’s body
weight.
The amount
of
food that
is
consumed
before
and during drinking.
The length
of
time
it
has
taken
the
drinker
to
consume
the
alcohol.
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