For all of your well made plans, the unexpected has come up and you are stuck on the side of the road. If you have a comprehensive emergency kit prepared however, it may be that you won’t even need to wait for a road service provider and you can take care of the emergency yourself.

You may not need to buy a kit, most items are probably in your garage. If you are creating your own emergency kit, you will need to include some of the following.

• 12-foot jumper cables
• Four 15-minute roadside flares
• Two quarts of oil
• Gallon of antifreeze
• First aid kit (including an assortment of bandages, gauze, adhesive tape, antiseptic cream, instant ice and heat compresses, scissors and aspirin)
• Blanket
• Extra fuses
• Flashlight and extra batteries
• Flat head screwdrivers
• Phillips head screwdrivers
• Pliers
• Vise Grips
• Adjustable wrench
• Tire inflator (such as a Fix-A-Flat)
• Tire pressure gauge
• Rags
• Roll of paper towels
• Roll of duct tape
• Spray bottle with washer fluid
• Pocketknife
• Ice scraper
• Pen and paper
• Help sign
• Granola or energy bars
• Bottled water
• and heavy-duty nylon bag to carry it all in

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