Owners Manual
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.
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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 almost half
of
all motor vehicle-related deaths
pedestrian, had been drinking. In most cases, these deaths are the result
of
someone who was drinking and driving. About
20,000
motor
vehicle-related deaths occur each year because
of
alcohol, and thousands
of
people are injured.
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involve alcohol
-
a
driver, a passenger or someone else, such as
a
Just how much alcohol
is
too much if a person plans to drive? Ideally,
no
one should drink alcohol and then drive. But
if
one does, then what’s “too
much”? It can be a lot less than many might think. Although it depends
on each person and situation,
here
is some general information on the
problem.
The Blood Alcohol Content (BAC) of someone who is drinking depends
upon four things:
How much alcohol
is
in
the drink.
The drinker’s body weight.
The amount
of
food that is consumed before and during drinking.
The length
of
time it has taken the drinker to consume the alcohol.
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