Whether you pay for a service plan or not, cellular phone carriers are required by law to answer and forward all 911 calls. That phone could be your only connection with the outside world in an emergency. Wear your seat belt .
More cars run off the roadway than into each other.
The press likes to report multiple car pile-up's, but far more driver's spend their time in smoke banks sitting in a ditch, completely oblivious to where they are. Your chances of striking a tree or other solid object are extremely high in this incident, and a seat belt can save your life. If you are involved in a chain reaction, your seat belt again, may be the difference in walking away, or being carried away. More on chain reaction's later. Travel with your headlights on low beam.