14 Essentials for Your Car's Winter Survival Kit
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Last year, a massive snowstorm buried the east coast, stranding hundreds of motorists along the I-95 corridor in freezing temperatures after a major crash. Many were stuck for 24 hours or more, without food or water other than what happened to be in their vehicles. If you were driving through Virginia that day, would you have been unprepared? If you’re unsure, the answer is probably “yes.”
Imagine being stranded, alone, on a road in the middle of nowhere during a blizzard. Will you be able to let emergency responders know where you are? And will you have what you need to survive until they get to you?
Top Emergency Car Kit Essentials for Winter
We all need to have a car emergency kit. That’s a given. That emergency kit, though, needs to be flexible. Any time you’re traveling or taking a road trip, you should review your kit before you hit the road. It needs to grow and change depending on the season—and where your vehicle will be at any given moment. For example, did you know that while water bottles will freeze, juice boxes and pouches will not? That’s why your emergency kit should include some juice boxes instead of (or, in addition to) plastic water bottles.
That’s why we’ve put together this list of stuff you’ll want to stash in your emergency kit if you’re driving in winter. Plenty of these are common-sense items, like emergency flares and power packs. Other items are designed to make you locatable in the event of a winter emergency.
If you’re driving in winter, keep your car survival kit up to date with these must-have items to keep you safe, warm, and nourished until help can arrive.
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