What to Do If You Get Stranded in Your Car
One of the scariest things many of us encounter in life – or fear that we might encounter – is getting stranded somewhere in our car because our battery died.
First of all, let me get this blatant product endorsement out of the way. At 4Patriots we sell the Patriot Power Hub for just such occasions, and you can see all the information here.
OK, let’s assume for a moment that you don’t own that product. Most of us have cellphones these days and we can call for help if this happens to us. But what if you’re in one of the many “dead zones” when it occurs and you can’t get a signal? Then what do you do?
Like most things in life, this situation will be much easier to deal with if you’ve thought about it in advance and prepared for it. And that means having crucial, possibly life-saving items in the trunk of your vehicle.
Among them are the following:
- Food. Non-perishables such as granola bars, protein bars, crackers, etc., will help you through the hunger pangs until help arrives.
- Water. You should ALWAYS have a jug of fresh water in your truck, along with an empty water bottle.
- First-Aid Kit. Hopefully you and/or your passengers will not have sustained an injury in whatever caused your vehicle to break down, but if somebody does get hurt, this kit will come in handy.
- Maps and GPS. Knowing where you are when something happens to your car and how to get to a place of safety is essential, and these items can help you with that.
- Blankets. Even if you’re driving in a warm climate when your car breaks downs, it’s bound to get cold overnight.
- Comfort Items. Don’t neglect this one. You don’t know how long you’ll be stranded, and if you pack some books, magazines, puzzles, games, etc., they will help you keep your mind off your situation.
Things are going exactly as planned, all the political commotion taking place is working to perfection, none of this garbage is designed to divide us, the nation every way possible. That is the only real threat that our leaders face.When the lights go out and the predictable chaos begins the only thing to threaten them is our standing together as one, to cooperate with each other to solve the tremendous challenges we will face!! I’m not going to give a list but it’s not difficult to imagine without power to supply a population not prepared to be self sufficient what will happen. So don’t sweat the things you have no control over, time will be much better spent preparing to be self sufficient!! Things will improve slowly but sadly most will not survive especially when we turn on one another!!
A rain poncho could be useful. It does depend upon the weather. Another post has items listed that I agree with swell.
Absolutely. A poncho would be a great item to have if you need to get out of your car when you’re stranded.
You should have flares, jumper cables or a power hub tool like Frank mentioned, triangles or cones to put around your car to keep people from hitting your disabled car, and walking shoes or boots to get you to somewhere you can find help if you are really remote. I’ve seen many cars pass a disabled vehicle without stopping “assuming” they have a cell phone. Not everyone has a cell phone and not everyone has someone to call if they do have one. Police can take a long time to arrive and there are predators out there who scan the police frequencies for just such calls and impersonate police in order to hurt people (especially women). Have a way to protect yourself with you!
I don’t understand the presence of Duane and Robert’s comments here. They have nothing to do with the blog post.
Agree 1000 percent.
Now we have to make sure everybody is aware of this low!
It is illegal for Muslims to come to this country!!!
WOW!
According to the McCarran-Walter Act Of 1952? the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 allows for the “Suspension of entry or imposition of restrictions by the President, whenever the President finds that the entry of aliens or of any class of aliens into the United States would be detrimental to the interests of the United States.
The President may, by proclamation, and for such a period as he shall deem necessary, suspend the entry of all aliens or any class of aliens as immigrants or non-immigrants, or impose any restrictions on the entry of aliens he may deem to be appropriate..”
An “applicant for immigration must be of good moral character and in agreement with the principles of our Constitution.”
Therefore, one could surmise that since the Quran forbids Muslims to swear allegiance to the U.S. Constitution, technically, ALL Muslins should be refused immigration to OUR country.