Personal Safety Tactics: What to Do if You're Stuck on the Side of the Road
In this week's safety column, find out what to do if you're running out of gas with no gas station in sight.
The Scenario It’s late at night and you’re on the last leg of your trip. The gas gauge shows that you have between 1/8 and ¼ of a tank left. No problem—there are plenty of gas stations up ahead, so you continue driving, figuring that you’ll fill up at the next exit or two. The Personal Safety Tactic Wondering what a vehicle’s gas level has to do with personal safety? Not a thing, until you run out, or pull off and find that the gas stations are closed. Running out of gas is the worst scenario because you’re stuck alone on the side of the road. You could use your cell phone to call the police, but the possibility also exists that someone could roll up behind you in a decidedly non-police car; a stranded motorist, especially a woman alone at…
