1993 Pontiac Firebird Owner's Manual - Page 139

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YQUF Driving and the Road Control ofa Vehicle Th'ere's s0methin.g about drinking else Drinking and thendriving is and 'drivmng that many people don't know. I \ very dangerous. Your reflexes, Meducal research shows that alcohol in a & perceptions, and judgment will be person's system can make crashinjuries affected by even a small amount of worse. That's es,peciallly true for brain, alcohol. You could have a serious spinal cord and heart injuries. That means - or even fatal - accident if you that if anyone who has been drinking drive after drinking. Please don't driver or passenger - is in a crash, the drink and drive or ride with a driver cha.ruce of being killed or permanently who has been drinking. Ride home disabled is higher thanif that person had in a cab; or if you're with a group, n,ot been drinking. And we've already designate a driver who will not seen th.at the chance. ofa crash itself is drink. hughes for drinking drivers. ll I I You have three systems that make your vehicle go where you want it to go. They are the brakes, the steering and the accelerator. All three systems have todo their work at the places where the tires meet the road. Sometimes, as when you're driving on snow or ice, it's easy to ask more of those control systems than the tires and road can provide. That meansyou can lose control of your vehicle. Y . I 138

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YQUF
Driving
and
the
Road
Y
I
.
1
38
Th’ere’s
s0methin.g
else about drinking
and
‘drivmng that
many
people
don’t
know.
Meducal
research
shows
that
alcohol
in
a
person’s
system
can
make
crash
injuries
worse.
That’s es,peciallly
true
for
brain,
spinal
cord and
heart
injuries.
That
means
that
if
anyone
who
has
been
drinking
-
driver
or
passenger
-
is
in a crash,
the
cha.ruce
of
being
killed or permanently
disabled is
higher
than
if
that
person
had
n,ot
been
drinking. And
we’ve
already
seen
th.at
the
chance.
of
a
crash
itself
is
hughes for
drinking drivers.
ll
Drinking
and
then driving
is
I&
\
very dangerous. Your reflexes,
perceptions, and judgment
will
be
affected
by
even a small
amount
of
alcohol.
You
could
have a serious
-
or even fatal
-
accident
if
you
drive after drinking. Please
don’t
drink
and drive or
ride
with
a driver
who
has
been drinking. Ride
home
in
a
cab; or
if you’re with
a
group,
designate
a
driver
who
will
not
drink.
I
Control
ofa
Vehicle
You have
three
systems
that
make
your
vehicle
go
where
you
want
it
to
go.
They
are
the
brakes,
the
steering
and
the
accelerator.
All
three
systems
have
to
do
their work at
the
places
where
the
tires
meet
the
road.
Sometimes, as when
you’re
driving
on
I
snow
or
ice,
it’s
easy
to
ask
more
of
those
control
systems
than
the
tires
and
road
can
provide.
That
means you
can
lose
control
of
your
vehicle.