1994 Chevrolet Camaro Owner's Manual - Page 126

Your Driving and the Road Just how much alcohol is too much if a person plans to drive? Ideally, no one Death and injury associated with drinking should drink alcohol and then drive. But The best advice anyone can give about and driving is a national tragedy. It's the if one does, then what's "too much"? It driving is: Drive defensively. number one contributor to the highway can be a lot less than many might think. Please start with a very important safety death toll, claiming thousands of victims Although it depends on each person and device in your Chevrolet: Buckle up. every year. Alcohol takes away three situation, here is some general (See "Safety Belts" in the Index.) things that anyone needs todrive a information on the problem. Defensive driving really means "be ready vehicle: The Blood Alcohol Content (BAC) of for anything." On city streets, rural roads, Judgment someone who is drinking depends upon or freeways, it means "always expect the four things: 0 Muscular Coordination unexpected." How much alcohol is in the drink. 0 Vision Assume that pedestrians or other drivers are going to be careless and make The drinker's body weight. Police records show that almosthalf of mistakes. Anticipate what they might do. all motor vehicle-related deaths involve The amount of food that isconsumed Be ready for their mistakes. alcohol - a driver, a passenger or before and during drinking. someone else, such as a pedestrian, had Rear-end collisions are about the most The length of time it has taken the been drinking. In most cases, these preventable of accidents. Yet they are drinker to consume the alcohol. deaths are the resultof someone who common. Allow enough following was drinking and driving. About 20,000 distance. It's the best defensive driving motor vehicle-related deaths occur each maneuver, in both city and rural driving. You never know when the vehicle in front year because of alcohol, and thousands of you is going to brake or turn suddenly. of people are injured. Defensive Driving Drunken Driving ...I24