1994 Pontiac Grand Am Owner's Manual - Page 121

Your Driving andthe Road Defensive Driving The best advice anyone can give about driving is: Drive defensively. Please start with a very important safety device in your Pontiac: 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. 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 0 0 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 might think. ;an be a lot less than many 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 Muscular Coordination Vision 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. 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 Rear-end collisions are about the most been drinking. In'most cases, these deaths preventable of accidents. Yet they are are the result of someone who was common. Allow enough following drinking and driving. About 20,000 motor distance. It's the best defensive driving maneuver, in both city and rural driving. vehicle-related deaths occur each year You never know when the vehicle in front because of alcohol, and thousands of of you is going to brake or turn suddenly. people are injured. ...I20