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Section
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Your
Driving and the Road
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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.
rlease start with a very important safety device in your
Oldsmobile: 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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