Aksar..yup..i always have some sort of fire making tool.with those fire steels they have out now that seem to work so well i keep one in a shirt pocket.
when i read on this site about someone who went over the side of the road and was not found for days because her calls for help could not be heard i now carry a whistle,and the fire steel, even on day walks down by the Mississippi River.
Phaedrus..like i said when the cost of a PLB is less than some car work that was not all that important i'll be buying one.
i can't recall the older cost for a PLB but it was enough that i put off getting one.