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zakons@halcyon.com (Scott Allan Zakon) writes:

>Hear, hear!  Finally someone laid it on the line.  Use your head.  Why
>couldn't this have been said about thirty posts ago.  Another good idea
>is to have emergency supplies like a map, gloves, boots, a full tank of
>gas when you start your trip.  
>There's nothing that will ensue disater more than a lack of
>preparedness.
>As for the technical aspects of driving on rain, snow or ice,  CHECK
>WITH THE DEALERSHIP.  They have access to the results of hundreds of
>hours of testing with your model of car.  This BS of trying to remember
>thirty or forty rules that only peripherally relate to your car is going
>to delay a reaction or cause an incorrect reaction.


Another thing besides a map, gloves and boots:  if you're driving in
areas that are susceptible to snow and cold, pack along a blanket and
a snowmobile suit.  While growing up in the Midwest, I had a "emergency"
box that I kept in my trunk:  map, gloves, snowboots, hat, ski goggles,
snowmobile suit, blanket, flares, "C" rations, etc.  I know, it may
seem extreme to some, but it saved my butt once when I became broken
down out in the middle of nowhere at 2:00 AM on a VERY wintry, snowy
night.  I ate some of the food, set out flares, and put on all the
above-mentioned items.  When no help came after two hours of waiting,
I put on the goggles, grabbed my flashlight and walked 5 miles 'til I
got to a farmhouse.  I was lucky, since I had cold-weather gear on 
me.  I'm not saying this is needed everywhere, but in some parts
of the Northwest, it's just common sense.

allen