The first eight of these are about limiting risk. There’s more you can do than this list, like a AAA membership. But that’s only good as long as you have cell service. The more you rely on outside factors, the less control you maintain, which diminishes your ability to reduce fear factors. Less, diminish, reduce – all used within one sentence to send a message – learn how to change your own tire. I’m an experienced SRT’er so I occasionally put the truck places I shouldn’t, hike into places I shouldn’t. I’d prefer not to die a painful death, but I want to enjoy life a bit as it flashes past. And so we all make choices. Make good decisions based on your own knowledge/experience base.
No, I don’t carry a gun.
- Know how to drive. It’s more than keeping the car between the ditches. Do you know when to shift into a lower gear? If you’ve got 4-wheel drive, can you shift into it at any point or does the vehicle need to be at a certain speed? How about shifting out of it? In North Dakota last November I drove into a snow bank that was much deeper than I expected (in an attempt to turn around). The only way out was reverse in 4-wheel low. Once free of the snowbank, I couldn’t get out of 4-wheel low. Confusion. Resorted to manual. Some of knowing how to drive is experience; some is simply knowing what all the buttons mean on your dash.
- How to change a tire.
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