{"id":469391,"date":"2026-10-18T04:44:40","date_gmt":"2026-10-18T04:44:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/469391\/"},"modified":"2026-10-18T04:44:40","modified_gmt":"2026-10-18T04:44:40","slug":"what-to-do-if-your-vehicle-breaks-down-on-the-side-of-a-major-highway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/469391\/","title":{"rendered":"What to do if your vehicle breaks down on the side of a major highway?"},"content":{"rendered":"

DPS has safety tips if your vehicle breaks down while driving<\/p>\n

SAN ANTONIO \u2013 What do you do if you find yourself stranded on a highway after your car breaks down?<\/p>\n

After an 18-year-old woman was hit and killed by a driver<\/a> while getting out of her stalled vehicle, KSAT compiled tips from the Texas Department of Public Safety<\/a> on what you should do if you face a similar situation:<\/p>\n

Stay calm<\/p>\n

Pull off the road as far as possible<\/p>\n

Turn on your flashers or hazard lights<\/p>\n

Call law enforcement and wait for them to arrive<\/p>\n

If you need to get out, safely get out on the passenger side or the side that is away from moving traffic<\/p>\n

Read more:<\/p>\n

Copyright 2026 by KSAT – All rights reserved.<\/p>\n

About the AuthorsPachatta Pope headshot\"\"Pachatta Pope<\/a><\/p>\n

Pachatta Pope joined KSAT as a news producer in 2021. She is a San Antonio native and a graduate of UTSA.<\/p>\n

Emilio Sanchez headshot\"\"Emilio Sanchez<\/a><\/p>\n

Emilio Sanchez is a KSAT News Photographer from Denver. Sanchez has always had a passion for photography, cherishing the ability to capture moments that can be remembered forever. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DPS has safety tips if your vehicle breaks down while driving SAN ANTONIO \u2013 What do you do…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":469392,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[6071,11050,82,84,83,6208,51314],"class_list":["post-469391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-dps","tag-road-safety","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-headlines","tag-san-antonio-news","tag-travel","tag-we-follow-through"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/469391","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=469391"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/469391\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/469392"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=469391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=469391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=469391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}