Owner's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Table of Contents
- Seats and Restraint Systems
- Seat and Seat Controls
- Safety Belts: They're for Everyone
- Here Are Questions Many People Ask About Safety Belts -- and the Answers
- How to Wear Safety Belts Properly
- Driver Position
- Supplemental Inflatable Restraint System (SIR)
- Safety Belt Use During Pregnancy
- Right Front Passenger Position
- Center Passenger Position
- Rear Seat Passengers
- Children
- Child Restraints
- Larger Children
- Safety Belt Extender
- Checking Your Restraint Systems
- Replacing Seat and Restraint System Parts After a Crash
- Features and Controls
- Keys
- Door Locks
- Keyless Entry System
- Automatic Pull-Down Feature (Trunk)
- Storage Compartments
- Theft
- Theft Deterrent
- Pass-Key II
- New Vehicle "Break-In"
- Ignition Key Positions
- Starting Your Engine
- Driving Through Deep Standing Water
- Engine Coolant Heater
- Automatic Transaxle
- Parking Brake
- Shifting Into Park (P)
- Shifting Out of Park (P)
- Parking Over Things that Burn
- Engine Exhaust
- Running Your Engine While You're Parked
- Power Windows
- Horn
- Tilt Wheel
- Turn Signal/Multifunction Lever
- Cruise Control
- Lamps
- Mirrors
- Floor Mats
- Convenience Net
- Astroroof - Express Open
- Universal Transmitter
- Ashtrays and Lighters
- The Instrument Panel: Your Information System
- Warning Lights
- Driver Information Center Control Buttons
- Driver Information Center Messages
- Speed Sensitive Steering (SSS)
- Speed Sensitive Suspension
- Comfort Controls and Audio Systems
- Your Cadillac Air System
- Electronic Climate Control (ECC)
- Defog
- Defroster
- Rear Defogger
- Electronic Solar Sensor
- Heated Windshield
- Audio Systems
- Setting the Clock
- AM/FM ETR Cassette Stereo with Equalizer
- The Delco Active Audio Music System with Cassette Player
- The Delco Active Audio Music System with Cassette and CD Player
- Tips about Your Audio System
- Care of Your Cassette Tape Player
- Care of Your Compact Discs
- Power Antenna Mast Care
- Your Driving and the Road
- Problems on the Road
- Service and Appearance Care
- Service
- Fuel
- Fuels in Foreign Countries
- Filling Your Tank
- Checking Things Under the Hood
- Engine Oil
- Air Cleaner
- Automatic Transaxle Fluid
- Engine Coolant
- Radiator Pressure Cap
- Thermostat
- Power Steering Fluid
- Windshield Washer Fluid
- Brakes
- Battery
- Bulb Replacement
- Wiper Blade Replacement
- Tires
- Appearance Care
- Cleaning the Inside of Your Cadillac
- Care of Safety Belts
- Cleaning Glass Surfaces
- Cleaning the Outside of the Windshield and Wiper Blades
- Weatherstrips
- Cleaning the Outside of Your Cadillac
- Cleaning Aluminum Wheels
- Cleaning Tires
- Sheet Metal Damage
- Finish Damage
- Underbody Maintenance
- Chemical Paint Spotting
- Appearance Care Materials Chart
- Vehicle Identification Number (VIN)
- Service Parts Identification Label
- Add-on Electrical Equipment
- Fuses and Circuit Breakers
- Bulb Chart
- Specifications
- Air Conditioning Refrigerants
- Normal Maintenance Replacement Parts
- Roadside Service/Customer Assistance
- Owner Assistance
- Customer Satisfaction Procedure
- Customer Assistance for the Hearing or Speech Impaired (TDD)
- BBB Autoline - Alternative Dispute Resolution Program
- Reporting Safety Defects to the United States Government
- Reporting Safety Defects to the Canadian Government
- Reporting Safety Defects to General Motors
- Service and Owner Publications
- Order Form for Service Publications
- Index
There is a gender difference, too. Women generally have a lower relative
percentage
of
body
water than men. Since alcohol is carried
in
body
water, this means that a woman generally
will
reach
a
higher
BAC
level
than a man of her same
body
weight when each
has
the same number
of
drinks.
The
law
in
many
US.
states sets the legal
limit
at a
BAC
of
0.10
percent.
In
a growing number
of
U.S.
states, and throughout Canada, the
limit
is
0.08
percent.
In
some other countries it’s even lower. The
BAC
limit
for
all
commercial drivers
in
the
US.
is
0.04 percent.
The
BAC
will
be over
0.10
percent after three to six drinks (in one hour).
Of
course,
as
we’ve seen,
it
depends
on
how
much alcohol
is
in
the drinks,
and
how
quickly the person drinks them.
Hut
the ability to drive
is
affected
well
below
a
BAC
of
0.10
percent.
Research shows that the driving skills of
many
people
are
impaired
at
a
BAC
approaching
0.05
percent, and that the effects are worse at night.
Ail
drivers are impaired at
BAC
levels above 0.05 percent. Statistics
show
that
the chance of being
in
a
collision increases sharply for drivers
who
have a
BAC
of
0.05
percent
or
above.
A
driver
with
a
BAC
level of0.06 percent
has doubied his or her chance of having
a
collision. At a
BAC
level of
0.10
percent, the chance
of
this driver having a collision is twelve times
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 right answer. What
if
there’s an emergency, a need
to
take sudden action, as when
a
child darts
into
the street?
A
person
with
even a moderate
BAC
might
not
be able
to
react quickly enough to avoid
the collision.
b
oreater: at
a
level
of
0.15 percent, the chance is twenty-five times greater!
There’s something else about drinking and driving that many people don’t
know. Medical research shows that alcohol
in
a person‘s system can make
crash injuries worse, especially injuries to the brain, spinal cord or heart.
This means that when anyone
who
has been drinking
--
driver or
passenger
--
is
in
a crash, that person‘s chance
of
being killed
or
permanently disabled
is
higher than
if
the person had not been drinking.
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