Experienced drivers pay attention to comfort and safety when driving. This article will recommend 11 essential accessories for driving from the perspectives of practicality and safety.
1. Dash Cam
Driving out is always accompanied by unknowns and accidents, especially on urban roads. There are many people or cars that do not follow traffic rules. If you accidentally have friction or collision with them, you may be blackmailed, or a traffic accident occurs on the road and needs to be settled or compensated. These require dash cams to provide basis or evidence. If you encounter a hit-and-run or road robbery, dash cams can provide strong evidence for the police.
For people who like self-driving tours, dash cams can record the beautiful scenery along the way, save it through data cables or WIFI transmission, and leave you with good memories. Moreover, many dash cams also come with parking monitoring, which provides a more comprehensive escort for your car!
In order to safeguard your legal rights and interests, dash cams are absolutely indispensable.
2. Temporary parking number plate
The on-board temporary parking number plate is a convenient and practical car product. When you are going to do something somewhere else and cannot find a suitable parking space, your temporary parking place may block the passage of other people or cars. At this time, others can call you through the temporary parking number plate and move the car away. This will reduce a lot of unnecessary trouble.
If there are other situations, such as someone scratching your car or your window is not closed, others can quickly contact you through the phone number to solve the problem.
3. Tire pressure detector
If tires are the first factor of our car safety, then tire pressure is the first factor of tire safety. The public security traffic management department has information that 70% of traffic accidents on highways are caused by abnormal tire pressure. It is a wise choice to install a tire pressure detector. Unstable tire pressure will cause the contact area between the tire and the ground to become smaller, which will increase the braking distance, affect driving safety and easily cause accidents such as rear-end collisions. The most critical point is that unstable tire pressure will greatly increase the possibility of tire blowouts. If a tire blowout occurs on the highway, it will really endanger life. Therefore, tire pressure monitoring is very important!
4. Small round mirror for rearview mirror
Regardless of the size of the car, the blind spot of the car has always been a topic that drivers cannot avoid. The appearance of this small round mirror has solved these problems for the majority of car owners. Some car owners call it a blind spot mirror because it greatly expands the owner’s visual angle, making reversing more convenient and no longer scratching.
5. Safety hammer
The safety hammer is a must-have in the car, but we hope that no one will use it. The safety hammer is mainly used in accidents, such as flooding, rollover, etc. When people are trapped in the car, it can be used to break the window and escape. It should be noted that when escaping, we should aim at the corner of the glass to use the window breaker, not the middle, otherwise it will not only require multiple window breaks, but also easily leave jagged glass residues, cutting limbs when escaping. At the same time, we will notice that the window breaker generally has a sharp blade. This is to prevent the seat belt from being unfastened. We can use it to quickly and safely cut the seat belt, so that we can escape quickly.
If you look closely, you will find that all buses are equipped with safety hammers. It is about safety, so don’t be careless.
6. Small vacuum cleaner
Do you or your family like to eat biscuits and snacks in the car? Then you must prepare a “small vacuum cleaner” in the car. You don’t have to panic when the crumbs fall. You can easily clean the car and say goodbye to cockroaches and ants!
Compared with the traditional sticky paper, which has a limited use angle, this type of vacuum cleaner can handle the gaps in the interior, the grooves of the seats, and even the most difficult to clean foot pads. In two or three minutes, the cookie crumbs can be “exposed”. It is small and cute and supports wireless use. When it needs to be charged, it can also be recharged through the car power supply. It is definitely a must-have cleaning artifact for car lovers with cleanliness.
7. Car fire extinguisher
A spark can start a prairie fire. A little spark in the car is likely to cause a car fire. Therefore, everyone should prepare a “car fire extinguisher” in the car. In addition to self-help, it can also be used to help others. As long as you master the timing of extinguishing the fire, you can achieve the effect of extinguishing the fire. It is very critical to suppress the initial small sparks of the vehicle!
But don’t carry ordinary household fire extinguishers directly to the car. Remember to buy special car fire extinguishers, because such fire extinguishers must undergo relevant vibration tests to cope with the long-term vibration environment in the car, and they must also be attached with fixing devices. Otherwise, before the time to extinguish the fire is encountered, the fire extinguisher will roll around and cause driving dangers.
8. Emergency rescue power supply
Sometimes the car is not often driven or the car battery is dead after a month or two of travel. What should I do if it is late at night and the car is still parked in the underground parking lot? Don’t worry, the emergency rescue power supply can help you solve this problem, saving the cost of calling a tow truck or a rescue truck to connect the power, and you can complete the battery connection alone!
This “emergency rescue power supply” is no different from a general mobile power supply. It also has a traditional USB port that can be used to charge mobile phones or other 3C products. The difference is that the “emergency rescue power supply” can also support the output of 12V high voltage for vehicles, providing the instantaneous power required when the vehicle starts.
When using, you only need to clamp the red clamp on the positive pole of the vehicle battery and the black clamp on the negative pole. After turning on the rescue power, return to the car and start the engine to start smoothly. The process is simple and effortless. But it should be noted that such battery products are generally not recommended to be placed in the car for a long time in high temperature environments. Remember to take it out of the car and charge it at any time. Otherwise, when you finally need to use it, the mobile power supply is out of power, or even the battery expands and burns, causing a fire in the car. It will be troublesome.
9. Car air purifier
Modern people pay more and more attention to the quality of life, and even the air quality needs to be strictly controlled. “Car air purifier” is recommended to you with sensitive noses. It can not only achieve sterilization effect, but also decompose the odor in the car!
The method of use is also very simple. You only need to take a line to connect to the USB jack in the car to use it. Unlike the fragrance in the car, the air purifier is mainly intended to maintain the air quality in the car, eliminate excess odor to prevent long-term stuffiness, and even some models will have negative ion function to help improve the physical function of passengers in the car.
10. Mobile phone holder
I believe that those who are not good at finding the way, like me, must use navigation when driving! If the car you drive is relatively old and does not have a built-in car navigation or mobile phone connection devices such as Apple CarPlay/Android Auto, you must buy a mobile phone holder, because it is almost the cheapest and most convenient alternative to navigation!
Usually this type of mobile phone holder is fixed by suction cups. More advanced models even support wireless charging. You no longer have to worry about the navigation leading to a dead phone or a phone call. It can instantly improve the convenience and driving safety of the vehicle. It is absolutely indispensable for car owners who have long-distance driving needs!
11. Small electric air pump
Some cars do not have a tire pressure display function. Even if the tire pressure abnormality light is on, it is often unclear which wheel is the problem. At this time, in addition to going to a gas station or repair shop for inspection, if there is a “small electric air pump” in the car, you can immediately get the four tire pressure data and replenish it in time to ensure that the tires are in the best condition!
In fact, everyone should develop the habit of monitoring tire pressure at all times. Too low or too high tire pressure will have a great impact on the driving process. This type of “electric air pump” usually supports not only cars, but also bicycles, motorcycles and even the inflation needs of balls. Just replace the appropriate connector and connect it to the vehicle’s inflation hole. The machine will automatically inflate the tire pressure to the set value. When it is out of power, it can also be replenished in time through the power supply on the car. I really can’t think of a reason not to carry an “electric air pump” with me!