The Mail-Journal, Volume 6, Number 37, Milford, Kosciusko County, 15 October 1969 — Page 17

Ten Ways to Be Prepared for Any Roadside Emergency

Few of us keep our cars equipped foFthe unexpected, which may confront us especially during the season of inclement weather. If you are among the millions of unprepared motorists, you can correct the condition quickly and inexpensively. Begin with the following shopping list of ten items. Stored neatly in a carton in the trunk of your car, these should prepare you for most roadside emergencies. 1. FIRST AID KIT... Check the American Red Cross for

Planning Long Trip This Winter, Then Give Car ‘Shock Treatment’

Planning to visit a distant relative over this winter? Counting the days until you head for Florida for a week or two? Your dreams of a beautiful Christmas could turn into a nightmare if you should en-

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proper contents —such things as water, paper cups, a blanket, certain bandages, etc. 2. FIRE EXTINGUISHER ... Buy a good one and practice using it — before you have to. A CO2 or 2Vi pound (or larger) dry chemical extinguisher is recommended. 3. FLASHLIGHT ... Use it to read a map, find a key or house number at night. And get one with a magnet so it can be placed on the side of the car to free your hands while you are changing a flat tire. 4. TIRE INFLATOR .. . The

counter snow as you mush over the river and through the woods to Uncle Charlie’s house or that place in the sun you aim to claim .. .if you are not prepared, that is. Snow tires, studded tires or chains, a shovel, a bag of rock

pressurized can is easy to use and will help you get to the nearest service station for a tire change. In fact, there are times when it is downright unsafe to try to change a tire yourself — traffic conditions, weathe?, position of the car, time of day, etc. 5. SPARE FUSES . . . Your auto store or service station man can tell you how many of what type you will need. If you can’t figure out fuse locations from your owner’s manual, ask your service man to help you. It can be a frustrating search on a rainy

salt, plenty of anti-freeze (in your windshield washers as well as in your radiator), and all the mechanical parts of your car working right can help you get through the worst weather with the least problems.

night when you have no lights. 6. FLARES.. . When you’re in trouble on a dark road, reflector flares or emergency flashers are friends indeed. These are available at most auto supply stores. Place yours 50 feet behind and ahead of your car to alert oncoming traffic of your predicament. 7. BATTERY JUMPER CABLE . . . This can be worth its weight in platinum when you are stranded with a dead battery and another motorist

Hidden Snow Hazard One of the hidden dangers of snow driving is the effect of snow packed by hundreds of wheels in a short time. Sometimes this forms huge bumps of ice. Hit a series of these ice lumps at even moderate speed, and your wheels may start hopping. This can be the first step toward a hopeless slide. This danger is greatly increased when your car’s shock absorbers are weak. Because springs and tires want to

comes to your aid. 8. TWO 4x4 WOOD BLOCKS . . . about 12 inches long, to block the wheels while you jack up the car for a tire change — if you’ve forgotten your tire inflator. “Chocked” wheels keep the car from rolling off the bumper jack. 9. A DIME ... in case you have to make a phone call. 10. A DISPOSABLE WASHCLOTH. You’ll be glad you have it after you’ve worked with the battery jumper cable.

bounce when they hit a bump, your wheels would hop up and down with every irregularity in the road unless they had some arresting force to keep them where they belong . This is what shock absorbers do — or are supposed to do when they are working right. When they are worn, they are just going along for the ride. Essential on Ice So when wheels, or sometimes the whole car, seem to begin a bobbing motion, the only answer is shock treatment . . . new shock absorbers. This kind of control, plus generally stable, tight steering, is essential when you must drive over rutted, icy streets. Sometimes at this time of year we - get so carried away with all the excitement — with Aunt Minnie’s first fruit cake of the season or the way Sister Suzie is going to flip over her new ski togs, we forget all about one of the most important parts of the whole vacation trip: the faithful friend that will haul all of us there and home again, hopefully without any problems. Before you set out on that trip for the big family get-to-gether, or whatever .else you have in mind for the holiday season, give your car its Christmas present early. Give it a full treatment check up and servicing at your favorite auto shop.

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