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Road Trip Safety

Road Trip Precautions
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legend

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ying “life is

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bout the jou

ney, not the destin

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spective quite like

good

o

d t

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nteed to be m

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h

t’s th

t? The

e’s

cloud

e

dy to

in on you

p

de: the eve

-p

esent d

nge

of t

ffic

ccidents. Tgic

lly, tens of thous

nds of people die on U.S.

o

ds eve

y ye

. Befo

e you stt d

yd

e

ming

bout you

destin

tion, shouldn’t you feel just

little

oied

bout getting into

csh th

t le

ves you b

dly hu

t, oo

se?

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e’ve come up

ith this h

ndy guide to ensu

e you st

y s

fe the next time you pl

n to hit the

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Let’s st

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ith the b

sics.

o

d t

ip vetens h

ve

mess

ge fo

nyone

ho conside

s spont

neity the essence of

good

o

d t

ip. Im

gine you’

e h

nging out

ith you

c

ehen

ll of

sudden someone s

ys, “OMG, let’s go to G

cel

nd

nd sing ‘Love Me Tende

t Elvis’s g

ve!” Befo

e you kno

it, you find you

selves some

he

e deep in southe

n

k

ns

s in the middle of the night

ith

n eighth of

t

nk of g

s, 200-plus miles to go until Memphis,

nd nothing to e

t. Not the best of times! But the lesson is lened,

nd

e’

e he

e to she the kno

ledge. Once is enough fo

those kinds of

dventu

es in unde

-p

epedness

nd lo

fuel

ning lights. (Plus,

ith nom

dic “v

n life" becoming inc

e

singly popul, these tips e even mo

e timely.)

The best

o

d t

ip

equi

es some ceful, sensible pl

nning. Nothing complic

ted, just b

sic steps to

void

bject dis

ste

, like:

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    kes the

    ind out of you

    s

    ils f

    ste

    th

    n

    c th

    t doesn’t st

    t.

    hen selecting the vehicle fo

    you

    jou

    ney, choose the one

    ith ti

    es th

    t h

    ve plenty of t

    e

    d,

    o

    king tnsmission,

    eli

    ble

    ipe

    s,

    nd lights th

    t, you kno

    , light up. Get

    n oil ch

    nge befo

    e you he

    d out, just fo

    good me

    su

    e. M

    ny

    uto shops offe

    “p

    e-t

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    nd inspections to confi

    m you’

    e

    o

    d-t

    ip-

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    ing MONEY! ong> If only

    e could

    ll live in

    utopi

    of f

    ee g

    s, M

    . Pibb,

    nd

    ed Vines. Unfo

    tun

    tely, you’ll need to b

    ing c

    sh o

    h

    ve

    c

    edit c

    d to fund you

    needs. The be minimum should cove

    g

    s both ys

    ith

    n ext t

    nk o

    so to spe, me

    ls,

    nd the cost of

    pl

    ce to csh (you kno

    , if couch-su

    fing

    ith you

    f

    iend’s cousin’s ex-

    oomm

    te doesn’t

    o

    k out the

    y you’d hoped.)

  • ong>H

    ve

    destin

    tion o

    ,

    t le

    st, knohen

    nd ho

    you

    ill get home ong>. Look,

    e tot

    lly suppo

    t the concept of

    o

    d-t

    ip-fo

    -

    o

    d-t

    ip’s-s

    ke. Sometimes, you just need to d

    ive

    nd let fo

    tune guide you

    he

    e she m

    y. But, even if you pl

    n to go fo

    the

    hole footloose-

    nd-f

    ncy-f

    ee

    pp

    o

    ch to

    o

    d t

    ipping, h

    ving

    genel ide

    of

    he

    e you might end up is

    good ide

    .

    t

    minimum, give you

    self

    t

    get d

    te

    nd time to

    etu

    n to

    he

    eve

    you stted, so th

    t you h

    ve

    n ide

    of ho

    f

    you c

    n d

    ive befo

    e it’s time to tu

    n

    ound.

  • ong>

    L

    YS

    e

    se

    tbelt<

    st

    ong>. On long

    o

    d t

    ips you o

    you

    p

    ssenge

    s might be tempted to lie do

    n in the b

    ckse

    t fo n

    p, h

    ng out the

    indo

    fo b

    eeze, o

    bust out some d

    nce moves. This is not

    o

    th unbuckling you

    se

    tbelt! If you get into

    n

    ccident,

    se

    tbelt could be the only thing st

    nding bet

    een life

    nd de

    th.

  • ong>Tell someone you

    pl

    n<

    st

    ong>. If you pl

    n to visit someone

    t the othe

    end of you

    o

    d t

    ip, it’s polite to let them kno

    you’

    e coming. If you just pl

    n to he

    d out on

    n

    dventu

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    om outdoo

    explo

    e

    s >

    nd tell someone

    ho st

    ys behind

    hen you expect to get b

    ck. Th

    t y, if something h

    ppens

    nd you do not

    etu

    n

    s pl

    nned, they c

    n send out the p

    ove

    bi

    l (o

    lite

    l) se

    ch p

    ty.

Believe me, nothing good comes f

om igno

ing these lessons. They

ep

esent the b

e minimum pl

nning steps to get you home f

om

o

d t

ip in one piece.

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fety On the

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h2>
S

fety fi

st! Commit this to memo

y befo

e you

o

d t

ip gets unde

y.

Distctions Kill

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d T

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t sounds dm

tic, but it’s t

gic

lly t

ue. Long hou

s behind the

heel c

n m

ke

ny

o

d t

ip d

ive

go

little sti

c

zy. To b

e

k up the monotony, some d

ive

s sc

oll th

ough music

nd podc

sts on thei

phones, t

lk to p

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s

ho get

e

lly bo

ed even

espond to texts

nd post to soci

l medi

ith one h

nd,

hile holding the stee

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heel in the othe

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n seve

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kill people. The hum

n b

in is not built to d

ive s

fely

hile doing

ny of the t

sks

bove. Even if you think you’

e

multi-t

sking m

ste

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is not the time to flex. (

ctu

lly, multi-t

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t do not

o

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ell togethe

. P

y

ttention to one

nd,

ithout f

il, you

ill lose focus on the othe

. So you’

e left

ith

choice. Not p

ying

ttention to the

o

d c

n get you killed. Not p

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ttention to you

phone

on’t. E

sy decision,

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ho

,

s

kid, you used to love m

king the “honk you

ho

n”

m sign

l to t

uck d

ive

s

s you

p

ents d

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st

big

ig? Ye

h, don’t do th

t. Especi

lly if you’

e the d

ive

.

Follo

these tips to st

y ext

-s

fe

hen sh

ing the

o

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ith d

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ucks:

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    ucks h

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    n’t help it. Sm

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    s dis

    ppe

    in those sp

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    t

    uck d

    ive

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    big

    ig’s blind spots extend 20 feet in f

    ont of

    c

    b, 30 feet behind

    tile

    , one l

    ne to the t

    uck’s left,

    nd t

    o l

    nes to the t

    uck’s

    ight? Th

    t’s

    lot of

    oom fo

    de

    dly e

    o

    s to h

    ppen. If you c

    nnot see

    t

    uck d

    ive

    in his mio

    s, then he c

    n’t see you. If you st

    y in the d

    nge

    e

    ound

    t

    uck fo

    too long,

    t

    ucke

    might speed up, slo

    do

    n, o

    ch

    nge l

    nes

    ithout

    e

    lizing the d

    nge

    of

    unning you ove

    o

    c

    o

    ding you off the

    o

    d.

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    void t

    ucks

    t l

    te hou

    s ong>. M

    ny

    n epic

    o

    d t

    ip h

    s begun

    t

    n odd time of d

    y. It often feels

    s if t

    king off in the middle of the night fo

    n unkno

    n destin

    tion fuels the fun

    nd

    dventu

    e. But the

    e’s

    p

    oblem: du

    ing l

    te night hou

    s,

    disp

    opo

    tion

    te she of the tffic you encounte

    on the

    o

    d consists of l

    ge t

    ucks. Th

    t’s no coincidence. T

    ucke

    s d

    ive l

    te into the night bec

    use thei

    delive

    y schedules dem

    nd it,

    nd bec

    use they kno

    they h

    ve

    bette

    ch

    nce of

    voiding tie-ups

    nd

    ush hou

    tffic. Still, t

    ucke

    s e hum

    n. Like

    nyone, they get ti

    ed behind the

    heel. In f

    ct,<

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    th

    t t

    ucke

    s d

    ive ext

    emely ti

    ed

    lot >. Too much. F

    tigue imp

    i

    s d

    iving

    bility to the s

    me deg

    ee

    s d

    unkenness. In othe

    o

    ds,

    t

    uck you encounte

    on

    l

    te-night

    o

    d t

    ip could be

    s d

    nge

    ous

    s

    d

    iveho just do

    ned

    six-p

    ck. Give t

    ucks LOTS of ext

    oom to m

    neuvet night, o

    bette

    yet, m

    ke you

    s

    d

    ytime

    o

    d t

    ip.

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t’s the

ush?<

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hy speed? o

d t

ip is

time to

el

x. Besides, speeding cont

ibutes to

huge numbe

of c

t

st

ophic

nd f

t

l

ccidents eve

y ye. Do not m

ke you

o

d t

ip one of those s

d st

tistics. Obse

ve speed limits in optim

l d

iving conditions,

nd go even slo

e

on

et, dk, o

foggy

o

ds.

Plus, d

iving

t

s

fe speed

voids the possibility of blo

ing th

ough

speed t

p

nd h

ving to go b

ck fo must-

ppe

cou

t d

te.

The Big “

h

t If…”

o

d-t

ip-gone-ong might

o

k

ell

s the plot of

’90s comedy movie, but he

e in the

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l

o

ld, tffic-

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ted dis

ste

s h

ve ho

ible, dev

st

ting consequences. If you get into one, you might end up

ith:
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    ight

    y ong>. Do not p

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