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Please start with a very important safety device in your
vehicle: 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.
Rear-end collisions are about the 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
turn
suddenly.
Defensive Driving
The best advice anyone can give about driving is:
Drive defensively.
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