I hope your morning is off to a much better start than mine it was a rough
one my little boy decided to wake up about
1:30 and then if we literally just got up and got out of bed 3:30 this morning
so that it's been really fun today as you can tell from the title I want to
talk about winter travel safety tips you're going to visit family or you're
gonna go visit friends this holiday season now is the perfect time to talk
about some tips for those of you that may maybe don't
know me my name is Meredith Rines, I'm an Independent Damsel Pro with Damsel in
Defense we are a company built for women our sole mission is to help equip women
was with self-defense tools and products to help better protect themselves
educate these women on how to use these tools and just more knowledge on how to
be better prepared so that they feel empowered if a situation arises and that
a lot of times a lot of people think that when we talk about self-defense
we're thinking of someone attacking us and yes that has a lot to do with what
we sell and what we offer but in reality a lot of times it's just being better
prepared so we do have a lot of products that help women just feel better
prepared more confident and just safer when they are by themselves or when
they're traveling even with their family and their young kids you know here in
southeast Missouri it is cold it is really cold they are predicting snow for
tomorrow you know one of the first things that I would always recommend is
take a look at your tires are your tires still good for winter I know that
recently I had to go and get my tires change I had to go buy new tires I had
to go get the amount to go check your tires out if you don't know the trick
you take a coin and you will flip it upside down to where the head is upside
down in the tire if it reaches the top of the coin of the head on the coin then
you need new tires so you could also go by the tire gauges and things like that
that will do it electronically you can go ahead it looked at at you know an
automotive store if you really don't know but go make sure that your tires
are good for winter you can get some good ones at some local stores local
automotives I got mine from tire rack calm because
they were a little bit cheaper and the ones I wanted that rated high for my
vehicle my local place did not sell them for the price I got at tire rack so just
go make sure that your tires are safe and ready to go for winter air pressure
is good and all four tires just take a quick look before that the winter
weather really hits the second tip I want you to have is I
want you to have a emergency kit this kit should be in your car all year long
but I want you to add a few things to it for winter so for instance damsel and
defense cells what we call it junk in the trunk
it is a kit it's got jumper cables gloves emergency blankets it's got rain
ponchos it's got a whistle it's got a first-aid kit it's got all these things
in it to help you be better prepared if your car breaks down or maybe you you go
to start it in the parking lot at the mall and it doesn't want to start
anymore or something like that so it is a kit for that but even if you don't
want to go purchase the junk in the trunk which I would highly recommend
still create your own so you're going to need jumper cables you're going to need
a first aid kit and you can get all of this at Walmart you can go get it from
Amazon you can you know create your own first aid kit for us I have a first aid
kit and then I actually added burn cream and I added allergy medicine and
benadryl to it because I have super bad allergies so does our Sun and that one
time we went camping my husband got burned and I added burn ointment and
cream to our first-aid kit like the very next day when we got home you can adjust
your first aid kit however it fits your family and your needs but have jumper
cables first aid kit gloves so that if you have to change a tire you can do
that you also want to have some sort of rain poncho or something like that so
that if you do have to get out in the rain you are a little bit more protected
now when it comes to winter time my biggest thing that you should be adding
to that is things to help you when it's cold out so you need to add a blanket
you need to add boots and heavy socks possibly even a coat in a you know a
like a winter hat you need something so that way if you are stranded and you've
got a walk um you know half a mile or you've got to change the tire and it's
snowing out the last thing you want to do is do that in some light cardigan
because that's all you've grabbed for the day and you don't want to you know
what if your car isn't starting you don't want your kids freezing in the
back so make sure that you have a blanket and some boots
some heavy socks and maybe even a coat or two for everyone in the back of the
car and you can you know get a plastic tote you can get a big old you know 31
bag and create your own emergency kit if that's what you want to do
I also recommend for winter time making sure that you have an ice scraper in
your car I can't tell you how many times in college I was like out in the parking
lot with a credit card like scraping the ice off my windshield because I always
forgot my ice scraper and I always had like a plethora of them in my apartment
because that's the one thing my dad always gave me and yet I somehow always
forgot to put it in my car snacks for your kids if you've got
toddlers I've got a little boy who's two and a half
trust me snacks can be a huge lifesaver for you so make sure that you have
snacks for everyone and if you have pets include those as well include snacks are
a little bit of dog food for them my mom who used to travel for work a lot she
you know worked a few hours away so she would come home on the weekends and
there was one time and it was they starting to snow she's trying to get
home they were shutting down highways like the highway right behind her she's
just trying to get home she got about 45 minutes away from our house and they
shut down the highway they shut down every road that got to you know the
small town where she got stopped at to our town and she had her little Westing
her little tribal dog with her and she was stranded there was nothing there was
no stores open because the weather was so bad and so she you know barely got a
hotel room luckily she carried a ziplock bag full of dog food she just some for
some instinct had that in her car and luckily she had it so now not only does
she have snacks that she could eat and water and things like that so make sure
you have water but she also had dog food for her dog and that is a huge relief
when you're traveling and you've got you know your kids with you if you're you've
got your dogs with you you know you're at least knowing that you're taking care
of the people that rely on you for food so I have snacks
I've got dog food I've got bottled water you want to make sure you also have a
knife because the last thing if you need to cut
thing open if you need to you know screw a screw on something knows what but make
sure you have a knife so you need to have some sort of box a plastic tote or
a big bag and you need to have jumper cables a blanket a first-aid kit
gloves winter hat coat maybe a rain poncho you'll also need a knife some
snacks some bottled water and I also recommend a flashlight as well and this
is one thing that I am super guilty of is that I have flashlights
I you know I used to carry two or three in my glove box didn't know if they
worked so make sure that you go out you check the batteries in your flashlight
or you grab like a rechargeable flashlight I'll show you the one that
damsel in defense carries and this actually I grabbed it out of my car this
morning it is a six in one auto tool flashlight so what is really cool about
this is that it is rechargeable so you can easily plug it in it's also a
charging Bank so that way if maybe your car dies and your cell phone's dying
you've got a call for help you got to call 9-1-1 you've got a call for maybe
you got an accident you got to call a tow truck or something and your phone's
dead because trust me moms who let their kids play with their phone have probably
experienced a dead battery because of that so this is actually a charging Bank
it comes with a USB cable so that way you can easily charge your cell phone
and you can easily charge it from your cigarette lighter or USB port in your
car as well which is what I do it's got a flashlight so it's a pretty bright
flashlight I'm trying not to blind you it's a pretty bright flashlight it also
has a little bit dimmer of a flashlight so that way you don't have to use the
whole battery and then it also has a strobe light as well another part that I
really like about this is that is this right here these five dots are actually
magnets so you can easily stick it onto the roof of your car and then you can
turn this on and now look you've got a beacon you can easily call for help
you can tell police officer hey I slid down into a ditch I'm not exactly sure
where I am but I'm gonna have a red flashing light on the top of my car
somewhere between mile marker you know twelve and eight
come find me it just makes it a little bit easier for someone to spot you it
also has one of those really loud alarms I shared this in my last live video with
the holler his the personal alarms it also has one of those so I'm gonna click
it on and you're probably gonna hear my dogs take off Shh yeah it is very loud
it is very list time I did not hold it to my ear like I did last week so this
is a really great tool like I said it is rechargeable so if you you know forget
to change the batteries because that's just that's I mean that's who I am
you can easily say oh and you charge that grab it out of the console plug it
in while you're taking off on the road and guess what it'll be charged when you
need it another great feature about this is that right here this is a seat belt
cutter if you for some reason get into an accident or something happens and you
need to cut your way out of your seat or cut your kid out of the back seat out of
their car seat to get them out of the vehicles because it's safer I know a lot
of times you see on highways you know when the roads slick one car slides into
another and another and another and it's just non-stop the last thing you want to
do in a situation like that is stay in your car you're going to keep getting
hit so if you can't get yourself unbuckle because you've been in an
accident it locks up or you can't get your kid unbuckled at least you can grab
this tool here slide it cut it and get yourself out away from more wreckage
another great feature is that it's got this here which is a tea glass punch but
it's a breakaway glass punch so that way if you are stuck in some situation and
you can't get your door open and you desperately need to get out of your car
you can uncap it take this and now you can break your window out so that you
can get out of your vehicle so this is something that I would recommend
everyone carry in their glove box or in their console if it's not necessarily
this six in one tool maybe it is something else but find a flashlight
find a knife find a glass punch find something that will help you feel better
prepared and safer when you are traveling I know a lot of times I take
off by myself with our little boy even if it's just around town or
you know go on a little little ways out of town it nothing makes me feel better
than feeling having some sort of tool to help me feel better protected so this
tool here is a great addition to your roadside emergency kit so when you are
traveling in the wintertime you just want to make sure that you have things
in your car to help you feel protected like I said that blanket the water the
jumper cables maybe even some salt so that if you get stuck on the road or you
get stuck in someone's driveway you can pour a little salt out and now you can
easily get yourself out if you wait till the first snow or the first ice you
probably are not going to find salt anywhere in any store in your town but
you could always grab cat litter I use that a lot in college because it was
cheaper than the salt and I always waited until it was too late so you can
always grab something like that to help you get out of a bind but if you've got
questions on what kind of roadside kit you need make sure you leave a comment
below and I'll help you get whatever items you feel best with inside your kit
help you find the places that you can easily get them at the best price thank
you so much for watching
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