1994 Chevrolet Corvette Owner's Manual - Page 123

I Your Drivingand the Road Defensive Driving The best advice anyone can give about driving is: Drive defensively. Please start with a very important safety device in your Corvette: 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 "alwaysexpect 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-en4 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. things that anyone needs to drive a vehicle: 0 Judgment Muscular Coordination Vision Police records show that half all motor of 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 todrive? 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: 0 How much alcohol is in the drink. 0 The drinker's body weight. 0 0 The amountof food thatis consumed before and during drinking. The lengthof time it has taken the drinker to consume the alcohol. Drpnken Driving Death and injury associated withdrinking and driving is a natioqal tragedy. It's the number one contributor to the highway death toll, claiming thousands of victims every year. Alcohol takes away three ..I22