How to Make a Safety Kit for Your Car

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By davidcavalier
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We all need a good safety kit in our cars. You may never need to use it, but if you need it it’s good to have. This ehow will help you make your Safety Kit for Your Car.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

1 tool box empty 1 gallon of water Road flairs First aid kit Flash light Batteries Some tools Small snacks Jumper cables

Step 1

Find a good spot in your car where you can store the safety kit. Make it where it is easy to get if you need it. Be hide your seat is a good place.

Road flairs are for when you want to let people know you are there on the side of the road. It will alert on comers that there is someone having troubles ahead.
Step 2

Put the flash light in the kit without the batteries in it you may not use it for sometime and the batteries can leak and your flash light would not work.
Step 3

Make the snacks you put in the safety kit stay fresh for a long time by placing them in vacuum sealed bags since you may not use them for sometime. Your snacks should be energy bars or other non parishable items.
Step 4

The gallon of water has two uses 1st is drinking and the 2nd is for if your car over heats. The gallon of water will not go in the tool box. Keep it to the side.
Step 5

The small tools can be just 1 screwdriver, 1 wrench set, and duck tape. It is not for fixing your car, but to help mitigate small problems. An all purpose tool like a Leatherman or Swiss Army knife is a good items as it will have all the tools need in one small compact unit.
Step 6

Place everything in the tool box and put it in the car.The other items are self explanitory and should be included in your kit. Also make sure to check and refill the safety box when needed. The change of the seasons is a good time to do this.