1995 Oldsmobile Silhouette Owner's Manual - Page 183

I Section 4 Your Driving and the Road Defensive Driving The best advice anyone can give about driving is: Drive defensively. Please startwith 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, itmeans "always expect the unexpected." Assume that pedestrians or other drivers are going to be careless and make mistakes. Anticipatewhat they might do. Be ready for their mistakes. Rear-end collisions are about most preventable of the 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. Here you'll find information about driving different on kinds of roads and in varying weather conditions. We've also includedmany other usefultips on driving. 4-1