I feel terrible when I read stories like this about people dying painful deaths. Especially when there is no good reason for them to place themselves in such a situation.

I often think that people have far to much faith in their vehicles, maybe it is the result of to many ads telling them that 4WD vehicles never break down or get stuck.

Sorry, but 4WD cars do get stuck or break down and being stranded in the desert is just as bad as being stranded in a blizzard, maybe worse.