Comments on: 14 Things to Do Before and After a Car Accident http://www.squawkfox.com/2009/04/16/14-things-to-do-before-and-after-a-car-accident/ Where personal finance & frugal living are sexy, delicious, and fun. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:13:10 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Sheila http://www.squawkfox.com/2009/04/16/14-things-to-do-before-and-after-a-car-accident/comment-page-1/#comment-28069 Sheila Sun, 31 Jan 2010 04:27:57 +0000 http://www.squawkfox.com/?p=907#comment-28069 Several good ideas on here. But another life saver especially with it being winter. Is you tear the liner off of the ceiling of your vehicle. Use any newspapers or magazines to cover your legs. Put the liner over you like a blanket. If their is more than one person in the vehicle sit close as possible for body heat. Keep a pre-paid cell phone in your emergency kit. You can get one at most stores for $30.00 that included 300 minutes. Put $10.00 of minutes on the phone every two months. This will not only increase your amount of minutes on the phone but it will increase the amount of time that your minutes remain on the phone. Several states have a free cellphone for emergencies program. You get a free cell phone that has 80 minutes on it for free and you can add more minutes for a small fee. More states are on the list to have this program soon. I suggest reading up on this subject online in order to be better prepared in a emergency. Purchase one of the signs that go in a vehicle window that says call police. You could have several hundred vehicles pass you by. Better to be prepared. Mom of 8 in Texas. Several good ideas on here. But another life saver especially with it being winter. Is you tear the liner off of the ceiling of your vehicle. Use any newspapers or magazines to cover your legs. Put the liner over you like a blanket. If their is more than one person in the vehicle sit close as possible for body heat. Keep a pre-paid cell phone in your emergency kit. You can get one at most stores for $30.00 that included 300 minutes. Put $10.00 of minutes on the phone every two months. This will not only increase your amount of minutes on the phone but it will increase the amount of time that your minutes remain on the phone. Several states have a free cellphone for emergencies program. You get a free cell phone that has 80 minutes on it for free and you can add more minutes for a small fee. More states are on the list to have this program soon. I suggest reading up on this subject online in order to be better prepared in a emergency. Purchase one of the signs that go in a vehicle window that says call police. You could have several hundred vehicles pass you by. Better to be prepared. Mom of 8 in Texas.

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]]> By: sarahnb http://www.squawkfox.com/2009/04/16/14-things-to-do-before-and-after-a-car-accident/comment-page-1/#comment-12513 sarahnb Thu, 23 Apr 2009 20:42:16 +0000 http://www.squawkfox.com/?p=907#comment-12513 Don't forget to replace your car seats. :) Don’t forget to replace your car seats. :)

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]]> By: carla http://www.squawkfox.com/2009/04/16/14-things-to-do-before-and-after-a-car-accident/comment-page-1/#comment-12355 carla Mon, 20 Apr 2009 07:18:04 +0000 http://www.squawkfox.com/?p=907#comment-12355 I really need to get my emergency kit together for my car. Though we have an earthquake kit for the home, I havent even thought about the cars... I really need to get my emergency kit together for my car. Though we have an earthquake kit for the home, I havent even thought about the cars…

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]]> By: Craig http://www.squawkfox.com/2009/04/16/14-things-to-do-before-and-after-a-car-accident/comment-page-1/#comment-12298 Craig Sat, 18 Apr 2009 21:49:46 +0000 http://www.squawkfox.com/?p=907#comment-12298 Great advice, but I have a few caveats. 1. What if you don't HAVE a lawyer? How you do get one? Maybe you could blog on that. 2. I have enough survival gear in my Forester that I would need help to carry it. Dazed and confused, I wouldn't be able to do it. It is worth hundreds of dollars. 3. A sad commentary it is that the first person we should call is not our mother, but our lawyer. Society basically needs to pack it in right about now. Great advice, but I have a few caveats.

1. What if you don’t HAVE a lawyer? How you do get one? Maybe you could blog on that.

2. I have enough survival gear in my Forester that I would need help to carry it. Dazed and confused, I wouldn’t be able to do it. It is worth hundreds of dollars.

3. A sad commentary it is that the first person we should call is not our mother, but our lawyer. Society basically needs to pack it in right about now.

]]> By: Ron@TheWisdomJournal http://www.squawkfox.com/2009/04/16/14-things-to-do-before-and-after-a-car-accident/comment-page-1/#comment-12242 Ron@TheWisdomJournal Fri, 17 Apr 2009 19:05:37 +0000 http://www.squawkfox.com/?p=907#comment-12242 Great tips and so glad you and your husband are going to be okay. Great tips and so glad you and your husband are going to be okay.

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