1993 Pontiac Firebird Owner's Manual - Page 136

Drunken Driving and designated parkingareas, expect some driversto ignore all these markings and dash straight toward one part of the lot. Pedestrians can be careless. Watchfor them. In general, you must give way to pedestrians even if you know you have the right of way. Rear-end collisions are about the most preventable of accidents. Yet they are common. Allow enough following distance. It's the best defensivedriving maneuver, in both city and ruraldriving. You never know when the vehicle in front of you is going to brake or turn suddenly. Here's a final bit of information about defensive driving. The most dangerous time for driving in the U.S. is very early on Sunday morning. In fact, GM Research studies show that the most and the least dangerous times for driving, every week, fall on the same day. That day is Sunday. The most dangerous time is Sunday from 3 a.m. to 4 a.m. The safes time is Sunday from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. Driving the same distance on a Sunday ai 3 a.m. isn't just a little more dangerous than it is at 10 a.m. It's about 134 times more dangerous! That leads to the next section. Death and injury associated with drinking and driving is a national tragedy. It'sthe 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 half of motor all vehicle-related deaths involve alcohol a driver, a passenger or someone else, such as a pedestrian, had been drinking.