1994 Oldsmobile Bravada Owner's Manual - Page 112

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Your Driving and the Road Dejiensive Driving The best advice anyone can give about driving is: Drive defensively. Please start with a very important safety device in your Oldsmobile: Buckle up. (See Safety Belts in the Index.) Defensive driving really means "be ready foranything." 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 collisionsare 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 knowwhen 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 thehighway 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 showthat 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 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 lessthan many might think. Although it depends on each person and situation, here is some general information on the problem. The Blood AlcoholContent (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. 106

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Your Driving
and
the
Road
106
Dejiensive Driving
The best
advice anyone can give about
driving
is:
Drive
defensively.
Please start with
a
very important safety
device
in
your
Oldsmobile:
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
collisionsare 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
thehighway 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
lessthan 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.