10 Tips for a Car Trip

What was the last time you had a car trip? Long ago or sometime recently? Just think  how much fun you will have without being annoyed about the fact of being late or have your trip delayed. Here you are the owner of your vehicle, so it’s up to you when and where to go.

It’s enough to get a good company, to consider an interesting trip, properly prepare the car and … not to forget the “bits and pieces” of the ten items, without which no journey has to be started. Uh! You, you think it’s so easy, but wait. Before you start, read below!

Every single time you are making your way, you find out things that you left home. So attentively getting through our list, soon you’ll realize that it’s simply a list of things that need to fulfill your checklist, if you dont’ want to use corporate car service Boston.

1. GPS-device and road maps

GPS-device allows you to select the optimal route, saving travel time and minimizing the cost of the gasoline. Using the device is very simple: just go to the Navigator menu, select departure and destination and the navigator will calculate how convenient is to get there. You will only need to follow the voice prompts. However, you should have in mind that sometimes the GPS – systems are not picking the correct  route (for example, if the producer of navigational charts updates the situation on the roads only once a year), so it is also necessary to carry the old-fashioned friend- maps.

2. Wireless device

According to studies at the Catholic University of Louvain (Belgium), speaking on the mobile phone while driving increases the risk of accidents by 75%. Not wanting to ignore the incoming call or not being able to move an important conversation, the driver is often forced to drive with one hand while by the other – to answer the income call. At the same time attention of focusing is shared between your phone keypad and the track. The necessity to solve two different tasks simultaneously creates a lot of inconvenience to the driver behind the wheel. The use of wireless devices (phone headsets, car speakerphone) will allow the driver to concentrate on the road, without depriving themselves with full communication with friends, family, and colleagues, as well as avoiding charges for talking on a mobile phone while driving. You need to know that in various countries this fee can raise up to several thousand dollars.

3. Additional set of car lights

Going to a car trip, you should be sure to perfect the work of the lighting system, since light is one of the major security features of preventing a dangerous situation and avoiding accidents. In addition, quality lighting allows the driver to ride on the road less tired, which is especially important when traveling. If planning a car trip you better visit car service and replace the established car lights on the lights which are more suitable for long trips. If you don’t really have time to do so, you better bring an additional set with you. The most optimal solution is the car light- Philips X-treme Power, which depending on the type of headlamps lit the way up to 80% more than the usual ones. They are powerful and have a strong and bright lights like a laser beam, or Philips BlueVision lights, which have a bright white light which enhances the reflective ability of traffic signs and road markings.

4. Flashlight and extra batteries for the latest

Since car trips are rather tricky and it is difficult to predict with absolute precision how it will go on, you better get prepared. Maybe a significant part of the trip will take place in the dark, so powerful and reliable flashlight may be one of the most necessary items. First, to inspect the car at night and, if necessary, to undertake the necessary repair works. Secondly, to find lost objects or to indicate people. Thirdly, to transmit light signals in extreme situations.

5. Water bottles of 5-6 liters

Fresh water in the road trip is not a luxury but a necessity. Water is useful for solving a variety of tasks: to avoid the need of stopping the car to get some water, if there are no sources of water or washing the car windows, if you finish in the windshield washer fluid. (Keeping a clean glass is necessary to ensure good visibility during the trip).

6. Spare parts

Required minimum of spare parts depends on the mark, age and conditions of the car, as well as the availability of stations along your route. Of course, there is no need to carry a suitcase full of tools and devices, but you cannot do without a certain minimum. It is desirable that the kit includes: gasoline pump fuses, a pair of wheel bolts, spare tire, jack and bottled key. If you do not consider yourself a good mechanic, you better get such kind of buddy with you.

7. Covers and blankets

To make your car trip more comfortable and cozy, it will not hurt to bring a blanket or a rug. A chilly evening or a night, when you will need to spend the night in the car, any cover will not be superfluous. Blankets are always useful in other cases – if, during the journey you decide to pause and spontaneously organize a road picnic as they can serve as basic table sets.

8. First-aid kit

Before the road journey  it will be worth checking the contents of your vehicle first-aid kit, replacing the expired medicines with the new ones, and add to the standard set of those medications and personal hygiene, the ones which you are accustomed to. This will quickly resolve unexpected situations on the road and makes it possible to overcome the unnecessary expenses for drugs on your way. Be careful to carry some kind of allergy drugs as sometimes you find that one of your friends has an allergy on a bug bite right in the middle of the road.

9. Documents and IDs

Driver’s license, registration, inspection documents, insurance, passports, in short, all the documents that you may be asked during the trip, should be in good order. And the main thing to pay attention to is the date of their expiration as not to get into trouble. In any case put off a few copies of each and lay them in different bags and pockets.

10. Addresses and technical assistance phone numbers

Planning a trip to different regions of the country or abroad, make your own list of services, providing technical assistance and towing . Even providing all possible scenarios and preparing the perfect car for a long trip, it is impossible to insure against incidents of car malfunctioning.