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SO/elll Is Vour Business
Accident
prevention
is
the
job
of
every
motorist.
Do
your
part in
keeping the
accident
rate down by keeping a close check on the
fol-
lowing
safety
factors:
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YOUR CAR-Pontiac engineers, the
factory, and your
dealer
ha
ve
done
everything
possible to design, build,
and
deliver to
you
a
safe,
mechanically
sound
Pontiac.
However, it
is
your
responsi-
bility
to
keep
it
in a
safe operating
condition. Your Pontiac
dealer
will
be
glad
to cooperate with
you
in performing reg)..llar
safety checks each spring and
fall as
one
means
of
insuring
your
car's
safe
mechanical
operation.
THE ROAD-Road conditions have an important bearing on
safe
driving. Holes, ruts,
soft shoulders,
bumps, loose
gravel, etc.,
can cause
accidents.
Learn how
your
Pontiac handles under all
types
of road
conditions and drive
so that
you have complete
control
at all
times.
Remember,
road
conditions
vary with
weather
conditions.
Use
extra
caution
when roads are slippery
or
visibility
is
poor.
Treat speed
limits
as
maximum
speeds
under ideal con-
ditions
...
not
as a
required
speed
for
all
conditions.
TRAFFIC-Not
only
should you keep
your
car under
absolute
control
at
all times, but
you
must keep
an
eye
on
the
"other
fellow
."
He may
be
another driver, a pedestrian,
or
even a bicycle
rider.
'
Try to anticipate the worst thing he might do. The
good
driver drives
as
though
everyone
else on the
road
is
careless.
Always leave
a
margin of
safety
when passing, with more
than
enough distance between
your
car and the car ahead. A void
weaving
in traffic. Never
cross
the
yellow
line.
Observance of
these
and other
rules marks the
good
driver from the
poor.
YOU
-Accidents
do not "happen" ... they are caused. In most
cases they are caused by human error. Your caris a mechanically
powered motor
vehicle
and as
such
responds
only
to your com-
mand.
It
cannot tell good
roads
from poor, heavy traffic from
light, read traffic
signs,
or look
out
for other cars. Up to its own
limitation it will
go as
fast
as you
wish to .drive it. It is up to
you
as the driver to
supply
the intelligence
that
the motor
vehicle
lacks.
Learn
and obey local
traffic
laws.
They are written for
your protection.
Remember, the basis for most traffic rules is
simple courtesy
and
Common
sense.
Only
you
can.
protect
your-
self, your
family,
and your
fellow
driver.
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