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Survival Items for Your Vehicle's Glove Box

Survival Items for Your Vehicle\

Your glove box may be your first line of defense in a car related Emergency.

The Key is to plan ahead. I'll assume you already have a 72 Hour Survival Kit in your vehicle but you can't reach it yet.  Perhaps your belt won't release, or you are hanging upside down.

The first item is gloves. In a crisis, you want to protect to hands from the weather and cuts.  You may be about to use a knife to get free.
The Second Items is a knife or multifunction tool - IF you don't wear one or as a back up.
 
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Step 1What's a Survival Blanket among friends?

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Emergency Survival Blankets are in my glove box for three reasons:
* If I'm unable to reach my 72 hour bag, I can reach the one in the glove box.
* If I'm sharing the car with a guest, we would each have a blanket.
* If there are people in front and back seats, each area would have a blanket to share.

Mylar blankets are light weight and inexpensive but they retain 90% of your body heat in a good situation.

BEWARE around fire.   This is for a last resort Survival Blanket, sun or rain protection, but mostly to save your heat.  Even Deserts are cold at night.


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Jan 2, 2012. 4:04 AMmad hatter503 says:
Not that I'm a big jokester, but I keep those "can't blow out" party candles in my emergency kit and backpacks. Light them once and they will stay lit even in high winds. This saves matches.
Jan 12, 2012. 9:06 AMjanfu says:
Such a good idea!
Apr 30, 2012. 2:59 PMKittyF says:
I saw the show and was trying to place you. You're the guy that hacked up a pig. did you have a good dinner?
Apr 30, 2012. 5:25 PMKittyF says:
So far the only guy I saw doing knife training was the fireman who lived in the city (NYC?) and was training with an Israeli commando. which Has got to be about the toughest person to train with. LOL I admire you and your wife. My hubby gets mad if I try to do anything about prepping.
Apr 30, 2012. 5:22 PMKittyF says:
Oh, I see. I'll be sure to see it the next time they air it.
Mar 25, 2012. 2:21 PMBev Kirk says:
My car emergency kit also contains a garbage compacter bag - very sturdy, small, and useful for in-car bathrooming or sudden trash. I keep a small pack of paper towels to use with it, as well as a pocket pack of tissues, tiny notebook, and pencils, and two small LED flashlights. The 72-hour kit in the back of the rig includes a couple of warm full-head hats and a couple of heavy contractor plastic bags (great for rain, wind, heat retention, or sleeping), more food, bubble gum, and a good book. A daily flip-pack holds a week's supply of Rx meds and our normal over-the-counter ones, banded into a sandwich bag.
Apr 2, 2012. 8:59 AMBev Kirk says:
Here in Alaska, even routine trips back and forth to work, shopping, church, etc. can be tough trips in the winter. I live 20 miles from work and there is only one road, which is often closed down for hours due to a moose or bear that's been hit or a vehicular accident. My husband just told me about a man whose car had slid off the road a few dozen miles north. The plow/blower completely covered his car and he was trapped inside, completely buried, for FOUR DAYS! He survived easily with just minimal supplies! ** The large food/coffee/Tang/ etc. can can hold a whole roll of TP, plus some supplies. Since the can is in the car anyway, it can provide easy storage until needed. ** In the bush (rural AK, accessible only by plane, boat, or determined dog team) we use those cans for indoor honey buckets! Thnk you for your kind words on my first post! I love this site!
Dec 10, 2011. 9:41 AMrluitel says:
hi, jack jobe, is there any energy giving food in ur kit ? We people carry energy tablet while we are in trek.
Oct 9, 2011. 10:04 AMdmax3 says:
Personally I go with some tea light candles which can heat a car interior just enough to make a difference.Then some soap, more for medical reasons than washing,a clean wound is often a managable one.And I like some fire-light-y stuff ; a bit of charred cloth or a chunk of old tyre-rubber.And a condom.Seriously,many,many uses other than the obvious.
I realise most people wont want to go to the lengths I/we do but it does pay....a couple of years ago in a sudden blizzard,over 200 cars were caught between two accidents on the high moor nearby our farm in cornwall,UK.Those people had to spend a minimum 7 hours before they could move,some were there overnight.My old folks were amongst them and after that stopped mocking my be-prepared kit thats a permanent fixture of my vehicles and got some of their own.They were only 4 miles from home and helpless.For the effort and money involved....why risk it ?Everyone has room for a large tupperware or small plastic storage crate.They dont have to go the whole hog but the basics in this instructable make sense. Thanks Jack ! Keep 'em coming !
Jul 28, 2011. 10:54 AMNostalgic Guy says:
I always carried a kit similar to this when I was touring the UK on a motorcycle in the early 80's.
I have covered the length & breadth of the country in all kinds of weather & being a former boy scout I was always a great believer in being prepared.
I find it hard to believe that more people don't carry an emergency kit; I guess it is the "things like that always happen to someone else" mentality that leads people to think they are immune to emergencies.
The joke is most of the items you have listed can be bought in places like Poundland (Dollar World) so it's not like it costs the earth to do.
I for one would add a good small LED torch & spare button cells along with a firelighter & waxed matches or a small firesteel but as long as you have the basic kit it is easy to customise it to suit the needs & climate of the individual.


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