(Around my area, tens of millions of people travel to Vegas every year, and any one of them has the possibility of getting stuck in the desert for a week. Should they all carry a weeks worth of water for a carload of people, some 40-80 gallons?)
When I drove for Coach USA I carried enough water for all my pax (47-55) if we ever broke down traveling from SLC-LVG, we had enough water for 2-3 days the host usually had snacks ie: candybars peanuts etc but the longest we were broke down for was 6 hours (so really lucky). I know about what ducktapeguy speaks of I have driven the lonely backroads of the Western US for 15 yrs US 6 comes to mind (luckly at night) James was right in some respects and wrong in others but lets all learn from this and carry on Thanks Mike