1995 Pontiac Trans Sport Owner's Manual - Page 192

Section 4 Your Driving and the 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 otherdrivers are going to be careless and make mistakes. Anticipate what 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 defensivedriving maneuver, in both city and rural driving.You never know when the vehicle in frontof you is going to brake or turn suddenly. Here you"II find information about driving different on kinds of roads and in varying weather conditions. We've also included many other useful tips on driving. 4-1