One safety item we carry in the glovebox is a bicyclist's 3-LED "blinky" light that clips to the belt.� It just might come in handy at times like that.

Stephen

--- On Mon, 9/1/08, neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
From: neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Highway safety warning triangles
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Date: Monday, September 1, 2008, 2:57 PM

Good to know about the flares etc. Ellen. I have some emergency "glow"
sticks (for lack of a better term). I doubt they would last long
either.

I think triangles would be a good thing to carry. (I wonder if they
could also be used for a "ring" toss kind of game at the campsite?
Kidding. --- ;^)

Cheers,

Neil.

On Mon, Sep 1, 2008 at 11:23 AM, Ellen <elleninoregon@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> As the possibility exists that we may sooner or later find ourselves on
the side of the road awaiting help, I wanted to share my recent experience, and
the lessons learned.
>
> Two weekends ago, I set off with my friend and his 91 year old mother on a
fairly routine camping trip to the coast.  The RV broke down on Hwy 6, a fairly
curvacious route.  The RV was in the right hand lane, which was almost merged
back into the left hand lane, right after a blind curve.  Needless to say, there
were several "near misses" (one involving a semi which prompted me to
move granny quite a bit farther up the highway!)  We had flares...15 minute
flares.  When you are stuck waiting for a tow truck some 2.5 hours, these burn
out rather quickly.
>
> Remembering the triangles I have seen on many occasions (usually in use by
semi trucks) I went in search of them.  There are many sources on the internet,
but they are heavy, and shipping is expensive.  So I was quite pleased to find
them locally (at Wilco Farm Stores), and at a decent price.  They are made right
here in Oregon (Tualatin) by James King & Co 
http://jameskingco.com/safety_triangles.php
>
> I'm going out right now to put them in the bottom of the closet in
Lola.  With my upcoming trip, I didn't want to leave home without them.
>
> Ellen & Lola, '85 Vanagon ASI
>
>
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there.....and light the bloody thing yourself.' ~Dara Henderson
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