{"id":754,"date":"2020-08-22T11:30:21","date_gmt":"2020-08-22T11:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.prontoinsurance.com\/blog\/?p=754"},"modified":"2020-12-21T11:32:15","modified_gmt":"2020-12-21T11:32:15","slug":"5-things-that-you-should-always-keep-in-your-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prontoinsurance.com\/blog\/5-things-that-you-should-always-keep-in-your-car\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Things That You Should ALWAYS Keep in Your Car"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Do you ever get the feeling that you\u2019re forgetting something just as you\u2019re about to walk out the front door? Maybe you tap your pockets to check for your wallet or take a quick glance into your purse to make sure that your phone and keys are in place. The same should go for your car. There are some important things to always keep in your vehicle, and we\u2019ll be going over those below.<\/p>\n<h3>Jumper Cables<\/h3>\n<p>If you\u2019ve been driving for some time, then you know that your battery will always die at the most inconvenient time! What\u2019s worse is realizing that you don\u2019t have jumper cables in your trunk, forcing you to ask a stranger to borrow theirs. Avoid this annoying eventuality by keeping a set in your trunk at all times.<\/p>\n<h3>Gas Container<\/h3>\n<p>Most of us are responsible car owners that keep relatively good track of our gas gauges. But none of us really know just when our brains will malfunction, leaving us stranded on the road with an empty fuel tank. Prepare for the worst and keep a gas can in your trunk just in case.<\/p>\n<h3>Water<\/h3>\n<p>If there\u2019s one thing both you and your vehicle need, it\u2019s water. If your car happens to overheat and you have no coolant in your trunk, water will do the trick in a pinch! Likewise, if you happen to get stranded and you\u2019re dangerously close to dehydration, water can save the day.<\/p>\n<h3>Portable Phone Charger<\/h3>\n<p>Picture this: it\u2019s the middle of the night, you\u2019re out in the middle of nowhere, you have a flat tire, and your phone is dead. Scary thought, right? Well, apart from being frightening, it\u2019s a very real possibility! Avoid this by carrying a portable phone charger in your car to use for contacting vehicle services.<\/p>\n<h3>Flashlight<\/h3>\n<p>Getting stranded is one thing, but getting stranded in the middle of the night? No thanks! Unfortunately, there\u2019s a chance it could happen to you. Avoid having to change a tire or look under the hood without a light source by keeping a flashlight in your vehicle at all times.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you ever get the feeling that you\u2019re forgetting something just as you\u2019re about to walk out the front door? 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The same should go for your &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.prontoinsurance.com\/blog\/5-things-that-you-should-always-keep-in-your-car\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;5 Things That You Should ALWAYS Keep in Your Car&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":757,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[22],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.prontoinsurance.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/5things-keep-in-car.jpg","yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v14.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>5 Things That You Should ALWAYS Keep in Your Car - PRONTO Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow\" \/>\n<meta name=\"googlebot\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta name=\"bingbot\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/www.prontoinsurance.com\/blog\/5-things-that-you-should-always-keep-in-your-car\/\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.prontoinsurance.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.prontoinsurance.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"PRONTO Blog\",\"description\":\"It&#039;s our name and our promise.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":\"https:\/\/www.prontoinsurance.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\",\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.prontoinsurance.com\/blog\/5-things-that-you-should-always-keep-in-your-car\/#primaryimage\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.prontoinsurance.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/5things-keep-in-car.jpg\",\"width\":2048,\"height\":1146},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.prontoinsurance.com\/blog\/5-things-that-you-should-always-keep-in-your-car\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.prontoinsurance.com\/blog\/5-things-that-you-should-always-keep-in-your-car\/\",\"name\":\"5 Things That You Should ALWAYS Keep in Your Car - PRONTO Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.prontoinsurance.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.prontoinsurance.com\/blog\/5-things-that-you-should-always-keep-in-your-car\/#primaryimage\"},\"datePublished\":\"2020-08-22T11:30:21+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-12-21T11:32:15+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.prontoinsurance.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/16d009c819b29c036f8b6d0f4527ad52\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"http:\/\/www.prontoinsurance.com\/blog\/5-things-that-you-should-always-keep-in-your-car\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":[\"Person\"],\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.prontoinsurance.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/16d009c819b29c036f8b6d0f4527ad52\",\"name\":\"Prontisimo\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.prontoinsurance.com\/blog\/#personlogo\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b58996c504c5638798eb6b511e6f49af?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Prontisimo\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prontoinsurance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/754"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prontoinsurance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prontoinsurance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prontoinsurance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prontoinsurance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=754"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.prontoinsurance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/754\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":758,"href":"https:\/\/www.prontoinsurance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/754\/revisions\/758"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prontoinsurance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/757"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prontoinsurance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prontoinsurance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prontoinsurance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}