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.
CAUTION:
Defensive driving really means “Be ready
for anything.” On city streets, rural roads,
or expressways, 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 and be ready. Rear-end collisions
are about the most preventable of
accidents. Yet they are common. Allow
enough following distance. Defensive
driving requires that a driver concentrate
on the driving task. Anything that distracts
from the driving task makes proper
defensive driving more difficult and can
even cause a collision, with resulting
injury. Ask a passenger to help do these
things, or pull off the road in a safe place to
do them. These simple defensive driving
techniques could save your life.
See also:
Door Ajar Messages
DRIVER DOOR OPEN
This message may display when the driver door is open. Close the door completely.
HOOD OPEN
This message will display when the hood is open. Close the hood completely.
LEFT REAR D ...
Defogging and Defrosting
Fog on the inside of windows is a result of high
humidity (moisture) condensing on the cool window
glass. This can be minimized if the climate
control system is used properly. You can use
either d ...
Exterior Lighting
The exterior lamp control is
located on the instrument
panel to the left of the
steering wheel.
: Turns off the exterior lamps.
AUTO: Automatic operation of the headlamps and other
exteri ...
