[PapaBear3625]

During her drive, she followed her GPS from a highway to a dirt road. But she eventually came across a more primitive road with grass and cacti.

Two simple rules will keep you out of many troubles:

1) If your GPS tells you to turn onto a dirt road, DON'T. Just keep going on the main road. It will recalculate an alternate route.

2) If you're in an area where gas stations are sparse, fill up whenever you pass a gas station and your gauge reads half full or less.

[trisham]

Agreed.

[proud American in Canada]

“2) If you’re in an area where gas stations are sparse, fill up whenever you pass a gas station and your gauge reads half full or less. “
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Both of your comments are excellent advice, but this one piqued my attention because it’s one of pet peeves about my husband....even in the winter, he lets the tank go nearly empty.

I keep telling him, what if you get stuck somewhere and need to keep the engine running for warmth?

I believe a couple of years ago, there was some huge snowstorm in the eastern US and people were stuck on the interstate for a long time.

[Yaelle]

Excellent two points.

I remember the elderly couple in SoCal, following their GPS blindly to take a short cut through some deserty land. One of them lived, the other one died. Their son was on all the local radio shows begging for help and eventually they were found.