Death and injury associated with drinking and driving is a global tragedy.
Warning
Drinking and then driving is very dangerous. Your reflexes, perceptions, attentiveness, and judgment can be affected by even a small amount of alcohol. You can have a serious - or even fatal - collision if you drive after drinking.
Do not drink and drive or ride with a driver who has been drinking.
Ride home in a cab; or if you are with a group, designate a driver who will not drink.
Control of a Vehicle
Braking, steering, and accelerating are important factors in helping to control a vehicle while driving.
Defensive Driving
BrakingInterior Lighting
Dome Lamps
The dome lamp controls are in the overhead console.
Move the control to change the lamp setting.
OFF: Turns the lamps off, even when a door is open.
DOOR: Turns the lamps on automatically when a door is opened.
ON: Turns on the dome lamps.
For more information about interior lig ...
Tire Designations
Tire Size
The following is an example of a typical passenger vehicle tire size.
(1) Passenger (P-Metric) Tire: The United States version of a metric tire sizing
system. The letter P as the first character in the tire size means a passenger vehicle
tire engineered to standards set by the U. ...
Off-Road Recovery
The vehicle's right wheels can drop off the edge of a road onto the shoulder
while driving. Follow these tips:
Ease off the accelerator and then, if there is nothing in the way, steer
the vehicle so that it straddles the edge of the pavement.
Turn the steering wheel about one-eigh ...