Safety first

[rary]

With the weather being in the news and the fact that some people being trapped in their car overnight, what precautions if any do you take for emergencies when travelling

[veggiechicken]

I stay home - don't travel unless absolutely necessary.

[Cadalot]

The AA have warned that anyone travelling in icy conditions should take a shovel, blankets/ sleeping bag, extra clothing (including scarf, hat and gloves), 24 hour supply of food and drink, de-icer, rock salt, torch, spare battery, petrol can, first aid kit and jump leads,

I felt a right idiot on the bus!

[Small pumpkin]

Other half regular carries a chainsaw if it's been really windy. For removing trees across the road.
He's generally got something on board to toe people out of ditches (lots of tourists, lots of ditches).

I'm more like VC, I just don't go out.

[Mitzi]

Chainsaw - SP you win the thread!

[1Bee]

In winter I always have food, drink, wellies, extra clothing (usually just because I have my 'plot box' in the car all the time so that wellies, overtrousers, fluffy socks and another coat and hat are there). There's a picnic blanket in the boot. I used to have my Dad's old WW2 entrenching tool in there, but I'm not sure where that got to. Then there's a multi-tool type thing, baby wipes, first aid kit.

And a significant amount of crud.

I could do with adding a baggy of cat litter in lieu of grit/salt and a spade or small shovel.

[DannyK]

I felt a right idiot on the bus!

If the heaters on Sutton buses are like those in Purley you'll need most of it.
I complained to TfL who wanted me to give them serial numbers of each bus. I lost the will to live.

[mothhawk]

All year round my car contains:
2 cheap fleece blankets (used as seat covers but handy in emergencies/for picnics)
bag of unsalted nuts in glove compartment
bar of 90% cocoa choc in door pocket
2 torches
litre of engine oil
2 litre bottle of water
umbrella
jump leads
miscellaneous small tools - spanners, allen keys, penknife etc
viz vest
plasters
WD 40
selection of cloths
large sheet of polythene

plus in winter half a bucket of road grit from the bin down the road.

No extra clothing since I wear winter clothes all year at work (chilled environment)

[Kirk]

Bit like Mothhawk I suppose.
Keep an old style sleep bag in the car (presently it is wrapped around a small telescope and mount). But it stays in the car. May have at times a fleece blanket but that is not in the car at present.

In the boot is the "emergency" kit: spare trousers, pair thick socks, 1 thermal layer, 1 fleece top, cheap fleece gloves (99p at Decathlon), pyrex cup, sugar, coffee, dried milk, about 3 sachets of chocolate drinks, spoon, 12v kettle, water and a golf jacket. Have 2 or 3 wind up torches in the car so no need for battery ones.

Find that I do tend to take 2 jackets when I go out anyway. I would rather not end up wearing a £100 jacket and having to play around in a gunky engine.

The whole lot is kept in a cheap (very) trolly bag that is tied down with bungee cords in the boot. Cheap being about £5, it is garish red.

When I travel I tend to throw in the car a small cool box of things anyway, cold squash being the main. Usually a raid on Lidl for a couple of packs of Twix and Mars like choccy bars.

Kettle is by Go Design and at the time was good (still is) but the design could be better. I by chance found the better design option about 8 years ago so bought one of them also. So I have 3 12v kettles, I have 2 Go ones owing to reasons. The heating elenemt orientation on the Go one is not great, but it does work well. I very often stop and make myself a coffee.

[JanieB]

Mine has: blanket, spare jumper, star spanner, jump leads, water (for both car and person), oil, can of fuel. I reckon I can survive without food for a day or two.

[bario1]

A nice bottle of Glenfarclas.

[KevinM67]

This thread was more amusing than I thought from the title.

[Potstubsdustbins]

A nice bottle of Glenfarclas.

21 year old I hope...

I carry a ................RAC membership card and my mobile phone LOL

[bario1]

21 year old I hope...

Come on Potty, I'm not made of money!

[KevinM67]

Come on Potty, I'm not made of money!

You're a Mod - stop kidding us on, you must be rolling in it.