First solo road trip next month-realized stopped moments…
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First solo road trip next month-realized stopped moments are the blind spot nobody talks about
I'm doing my first solo road trip next month and made the usual safety checklist. then i started reading other women's experiences and couldn't stop.
one woman just wanted to eat lunch alone at a forest preserve. some guy in a truck kept circling back, parking closer each time, staring at her through the window until she had to leave before she finished eating. another was watching videos in a near-empty lot at night when a stranger knocked and asked her to help jump his car. he seemed totally normal. she still drove away. both of them made the right call.
made me realize: all the standard safety advice is about driving: don't speed, check your tires, stay alert. But no one talks about the fact that you're way more visible when you're stopped. gas stations, rest areas, parking lots. you're just sitting there alone and anyone can walk up or mess with your car while you're inside getting coffee.
I ended up getting a dashcam with parking mode 70mai a810s. it has 4g so if someone gets too close or bumps the car while i'm away, it sends an alert and uploads footage automatically. not a perfect solution but it's one less thing i'm completely blind to.
anyone else do solo road trips? Do you have rules about where you stop or just wing it?
#travel #activities
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I'm doing my first solo road trip next month and made the usual safety checklist. then i started reading other women's experiences and couldn't stop.
one woman just wanted to eat lunch alone at a forest preserve. some guy in a truck kept circling back, parking closer each time, staring at her through the window until she had to leave before she finished eating. another was watching videos in a near-empty lot at night when a stranger knocked and asked her to help jump his car. he seemed totally normal. she still drove away. both of them made the right call.
made me realize: all the standard safety advice is about driving: don't speed, check your tires, stay alert. But no one talks about the fact that you're way more visible when you're stopped. gas stations, rest areas, parking lots. you're just sitting there alone and anyone can walk up or mess with your car while you're inside getting coffee.
I ended up getting a dashcam with parking mode 70mai a810s. it has 4g so if someone gets too close or bumps the car while i'm away, it sends an alert and uploads footage automatically. not a perfect solution but it's one less thing i'm completely blind to.
anyone else do solo road trips? Do you have rules about where you stop or just wing it?
#travel #activities
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