Emergency Car Kits

Emergency Car Kits

If you become unfortunate enough to break down or are involved in a car accident, a car emergency kit is a great thing to have in your car. You should always try and carry an emergency kit with you as it will have the essentials you may need if you have to wait around for help.

The great thing is that it is cheap and easy to build your own emergency car kit and many of the things you need you may already have. Good things to have in your kit are:

• A bottle of water
  
• Food (such as chocolate or a bag of sweets)
  
• Blankets
  
• First aid kit
  
• Torch
  
• Road map
  
• Emergency Triangle
  
• Flares (but only if you know how to use them safely).

During the summer, you may also want to add the following to your emergency car kit:

• Sun cream
  
• Battery operated handheld fan
  
• An extra bottle of water

During the winter months, you may want to add the following items to your emergency car kit:

• Shovel/spade
  
• De-icer
  
• A jumper or some warm, waterproof clothing
  
• Extra blanket
  
• A tow rope
  
• Hand warmers (where you press a tab in them which creates a chemical reaction that releases heat)

It is also worth having some sort of mobile phone charger in the car. You should also ensure that you always carry names and telephone numbers of important contacts in case of emergency - for example the number of your breakdown recovery service (remember to also write down your membership number too), and the telephone number of people you would want to contact in case of an accident.

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Posted by The Checkout Spy: 10th January 2011, 13:12

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