[Elsie]

Luckily, I had a cell phone on me and some of the above provisions, but it was still a long, cold wait and that was in a major metropolitan area - not the middle of nowhere.

Uh.... call a cab! ;^)

[CertainInalienableRights]

Uh.... call a cab! ;^)

I actually had considered that, but the wait was comparable to waiting for a tow on that night, and I would have then been stranded at home with my car sitting in a parking lot.

Better than freezing, I guess, but I wanted to point out that you don't have to be in the middle of nowhere to be stranded for a couple of hours in the cold. When it gets near zero, a couple of hours can be pretty dangerous if you aren't prepared.