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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.
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Please start with a very important safety device in
Y
Pontiac: 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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