Cadillac 1995 DeVille Owners Literature page 195

Assume that pedestrians or other drivers arc going to be careless and
make mistakes. Anticipate what they might do. Be ready for their
mistakes.
Rear-end collisions are about the most preventable o f accidents. Yet they
are common. Allow cnough 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 turn suddenly.
DRUNKEN DRIWNG
Death and injury associated with drinking and driving is a national
tragedy. It's the numbcr one contributor to the highway death toll,
claiming thousands o f victims every year.
Alcohol affects four things that anyone needs to drive a vehicle:
Judgment
0
Muscular Coordination
0
Vision
Attentiveness
Police records show that almost half of a l l motor vehicle-rclated dcaths
involve alcohol. In most cases. these deaths are the result o f somonc who
was
drinking and driving. I n recent years, sum(: 18.000 a n n u a l motor
vehiclerelated deaths have been associated w i t h the
L ~ S C
o f ;11cohol, w i t h
more than 300,000 people injurcd.
Many a d ~ ~ l t s
--
by some cstimatcs, ncarly h a l f the d u l t
population
--
choose never to drink alcohol, so they ncver drive
after drinking. For persons under
21, it's against the law
in every U.S.
state
to
drink alcohol. There are good medical, psychological and
developmental reasons for these
laws.
The obvious way to solve this highway safety problem is for people never
to drink alcohol and then drive. But what if people do? How much is "too
much'' if the driver plans to drive? It's a lot less than many might think.
Although it depends on each person and situation. here is some general
information on the problem.
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