Keeping You and Your Passengers Safe this Winter
Advice from the AA for You and Your Passengers
Prepare for the worst and hope for the best. As well as the things you should be carrying on every journey regardless of the weather, you should make up a winter emergency kit to keep in the boot – hopefully you won’t need it but you will be very glad it’s there if you do.
| Year-round essentials |
Winter emergency kit |
- Fully-charged mobile phone and in-car charger
- Sunglasses – to deal with glare from the sun or snow
- Personal medication
- Warning triangle
- Spare bulbs
- First aid kit
- Road atlas – in case of diversions
- Sat-nav or printed route for unfamiliar journeys
- Breakdown membership card (if you have one)
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- Blanket, rug or sleeping bag
- Shovel
- Bits of carpet or thick cardboard to place under driven wheels to help regain traction on ice or snow
- Salt, sand or cat litter – to help clear snow and ice
- Reflective jacket(s)
- Ice scraper and de-icer
- Torch and batteries
- Tow rope
- Snow chains (if you live in a remote or rural area)
- Battery jump leads
- Bottled water
- Snacks – chocolate or cereal bars
- Extra screen wash
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When bad weather is forecast
- Warm winter coat, scarf, hat, gloves and warm clothes
- Waterproofs
- Sturdy boots
- Flask of hot drink
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