1994 Chevrolet Suburban Owner's Manual - Page 161

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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 readyfor anything." On city streets, rural roads, or freeways, it means "always expectthe 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 preventableof 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 goingto brake or turn suddenly. Drunken Driving Death and injury associated with drinking anddriving 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, apassenger or someone else, such as a pedestrian, had been drinking. In most cases, these deaths are the result of someone who was drinking anddriving. About 20,000 motor vehicle-related deaths occur each year because of alcohol,and thousands of people are injured. Just how much alcohol istoo 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 alot 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 0 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. 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:
0
How
much alcohol
is
in
the
drink.
0
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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