1996 Pontiac Trans Sport Owner's Manual - Page 183

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 drivingreally 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 aboutthe most preventable of 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 turnsuddenly. Here you'll find information aboutdriving on different kinds of roads and in varying weather conditions. We've also included many other useful tips on driving.