Section
4
Your
Driving and the
Road
Here you’ll find information about driving on different
kinds of roads and in varying weather conditions. We’ve
also
included many other useful tips on driving.
Defensive Driving
The best advice anyone can give about driving
is:
Drive
defensively.
Please start with a very important safety device in your
Buick: 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.
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