Video: Emergency Preparedness
CARS.COM — Be prepared. It’s the Boy Scouts’ motto – but it oughtta be the motorist motto, too. According to AAA, you’re likely to be one of the 1 in 3 drivers who face a breakdown or similar situation each year. And disasters come on all sorts of days, not just clear, blue-sky, 70-degree days with lots of people around.
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If you find yourself stranded on that proverbial “dark and stormy night,” you’ll thank your lucky stars you assembled this emergency-preparedness kit.
Here’s what should be in it:
- A wheel wrench and car jack to change the tire if your car came with a spare
- Battery jumper cables
- A tool kit or multipurpose tool
- A flashlight, along with backup batteries
- Reflective triangles so oncoming cars can see you
- A compass
- A fully stocked first-aid kit
- A blanket
- Nonperishable food such as unsalted nuts and dried fruits
- A car charger for your phone
- A fire extinguisher
- Duct tape because, of course
- A rain poncho
- Cold-weather tools including a snow brush, a small shovel, windshield fluid, warm clothing and cat litter to help with tire traction
- And emergency contact numbers for family, roadside services and your insurance provider
If an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, keeping a well-stocked emergency kit in your car … can save you a ton of stress.
Watch the video above and be sure to catch it Saturday morning on TV. Check for local airtimes here.
