2002 GMC SIERRA Owner's Manual

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GMC SIERRA 2002  Owners Manual 4-2
Defensive Driving
The best advice anyone can give about driving is: 
Drive defensively.
Please start with a very important safety device in your
vehicle: Buckle up. See ªSafety Beltsº in the Ind

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GMC SIERRA 2002  Owners Manual 4-3
Drunken Driving
Death and injury associated with drinking and driving is
a national tragedy. Its the number one contributor to 
the highway death toll, claiming thousands of victims
every year.
A

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GMC SIERRA 2002  Owners Manual 4-4
Its 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 persons
BAC would be close to 0.12 perce

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GMC SIERRA 2002  Owners Manual 4-5
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. ªIll be carefulº isnt the
right answer. What if there

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GMC SIERRA 2002  Owners Manual 4-6
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 to do their work
at the

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GMC SIERRA 2002  Owners Manual 4-7
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 not have t

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GMC SIERRA 2002  Owners Manual 4-8
Lets say the road is wet and youre driving safely.
Suddenly, an animal jumps out in front of you. You slam
on the brakes and continue braking. Heres what
happens with ABS:
A computer senses tha

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GMC SIERRA 2002  Owners Manual 4-9
Remember: Anti-lock doesnt change the time you need
to get your foot up to the brake pedal or always decrease
stopping distance. If you get too close to the vehicle in
front of you, you wont hav