Crime & Safety
Safety Tips: Tools You Need If Car Breaks Down
Newark police provide a checklist of basic tools for your car.
From Newark Police
"There's no way it could ever happen to me!"
Unfortunately that has been the statement of many a person who left with their vehicle ill-equipped and found themselves stranded without the right tools and gear to survive or make simple repairs.
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Consider the inevitable, that you may be going out for what should be a nice, fun drive but then turns into a problem outing.
Some of the basic car break-down survival tools include:
• Spare tire & equipment
• Flashlight
• First aid kit
• Fire extinguisher
• Blanket
• Maps or GPS
• Basic tools
• Flares, traffic triangles or lights
Take time today to conduct an inspection of your vehicle to make sure it's well equipped in the event of an emergency.
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And don't forget to check the air in the spare!
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