1995 PONTIAC GRAND-AM Owners Manual

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PONTIAC GRAND-AM 1995  Owners Manual 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  v

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PONTIAC GRAND-AM 1995  Owners Manual It’s  the  amount  of alcohol  that  counts. For example, if 
the  same  person  drank  three  double  martinis 
(3 ounces 
or 
90 ml of  liquor  each)  within  an  hour,  the  person’s 
BAC  woul

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PONTIAC GRAND-AM 1995  Owners Manual The body  takes  about  an hour  to rid  itself  of  the  alcohol 
in  one  drink. 
No amount  of coffee  or number  of cold 
showers  will  speed  that  up.  “I’ll be  careful”  isn’t  the 
r

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PONTIAC GRAND-AM 1995  Owners Manual Control of a Vehicle 
You have  three  systems  that  make  your  vehicle  go where 
you  want  it to  go.  They  are  the  brakes,  the  steering  and 
the  accelerator.  All  three  systems  have  t

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PONTIAC GRAND-AM 1995  Owners Manual Avoid  needless  heavy braking. Some people drive 
in  spurts 
-- heavy  acceleration followed  by  heavy 
braking 
-- rather  than  keeping pace  with  traffic. This 
is a mistake.  Your brakes  may

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PONTIAC GRAND-AM 1995  Owners Manual Here’s  how anti-lock  works.  Let’s  say the road  is wet. 
You’re  driving  safely.  Suddenly  an  animal  jumps out  in 
front  of you. 
You  slam  on  the  brakes.  Here’s  what  happens

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PONTIAC GRAND-AM 1995  Owners Manual close to the  vehicle  in front of you,  you  won’t  have  time 
to  apply  your  brakes 
if that  vehicle  suddenly  slows  or 
stops.  Always  leave  enough  room  up  ahead  to stop,  even 
thoug

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PONTIAC GRAND-AM 1995  Owners Manual Speed  limit  signs  near  curves  warn  that you should 
adjust  your  speed.  Of course,  the  posted  speeds  are 
based  on  good  weather  and  road  conditions. Under less 
favorable  conditions