Winter Travel Safety Tips - Meredith Rines

Each Wednesday over on our Facebook Page, I go live to share a new Warrior Tip Wednesday. All about learning how to equip yourself and your family with self defense tools, educating you on how to use those tools so you feel empowered if a situation should arise where you need to use them.

It’s been pretty fun so far with sharing who Damsel in Defense is and why as a mom, I am so passionate about our mission. This week, I went through some great winter travel safety tips and thought you could benefit from them as well. No matter if you’re traveling far or sticking close to home, it’s always best to make sure your family is protected this holiday season.

These tips are perfect for long road trips or short drives across town, because let’s be honest, you never know what could happen. I remember a few years ago when J and I were just engaged I was traveling across Missouri to head home. I had been gone for work and needed to make the three hour drive home. I had been on the highway for just about an hour when all of sudden I noticed cars stopped ahead. I was no where near an exit so all I could do was keep moving forward. A few miles later I was at a complete stop with very little information. I had found out from a trucker next to me that there had been an accident due to the icy conditions and they had all traffic heading north closed. GREAT!

It took about 3 hours for officers to clean the highway before traffic was re-opened. THREE HOURS of just sitting in my car in 20 degree weather. Luckily I had a full tank of gas, some snacks and a blanket to keep me warm. After that incident I vowed to always be protected when traveling.