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some drivers to ignore all these
markings and dash straight toward one
part of the lot.
Pedestrians can be careless. Watch for
them. In general, you must give way to
pedestrians even if you know you have
the right of way.
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.
Here's a final bit of information about
defensive driving. The most dangerous
time for driving in the U.S. is very
early on Sunday morning. In fact, GM
Research studies show that the most and
the least dangerous times for driving,
every week, fall on the same day. That
day is Sunday. The most dangerous time
is Sunday from 3 a.m. to
4
a.m. The
safest time is Sunday from 10 a.m. to
11 a.m. Driving the same distance on a
Sunday at 3 a.m. isn't just a little more
dangerous than it is at 10 a.m. It's about
134 times more dangerous!
That leads to the next section.
Drunken Driving
Death and injury associated with
drinking and driving is
a
national
tragedy. It's the number one contributor
to the highway death toll, claiming
thousands of victims every year.
Alcohol takes away three things that
anyone needs to drive a vehicle:
Judgment
Muscular Coordination
Vision
Police records show that half of all
motor vehicle-related deaths involve
alcohol
-
a driver, a passenger or
someone else, such as a pedestrian, had
been drinking. In most cases, these
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