It's smart to keep an emergency kit in your trunk, especially during winter months. Here are some items we'd suggest putting in your emergency kit:
- a blanket
- extra boots and gloves
- an extra set of warm clothes
- extra water and food, including hard candies (sucking on a hard candy will prevent your mouth from getting too dry)
- an ice scraper
- a small shovel
- a flashlight
- windshield washer fluid
- windshield wipers
- flares
- jumper cables
- a tool kit
- tire chains
- a tire gauge
- a spare tire with air in it
- tire-changing equipment
- a first-aid kit
- paper towels
- a bag of abrasive material such as sand, salt or non-clumping kitty litter, which can provide additional traction if a tire gets stuck in snow
- also, keep the gas tank as full as you can to prevent the gas lines from freezing
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