The Walking Dead Survival Rule Of The Week: The things we don’t think of

As we’ve seen in The Walking Dead, all sorts of things can kill you in a zombie apocalypse, but the worst may be the ones we don’t even think of.

There are plenty of dangerous and/or lethal things in a zombie apocalypse: Hostiles, wild animals, disease, zombies, of course, that said, some of the most dangerous things, are those we don’t even think about. With so many things that can cause us trouble, it’s not surprising that a few of them can get overlooked.

What makes these get overlooked is fact that they aren’t really threats, but, if you neglect them, they can easily put you in situations that quickly spiral out of control and get you killed, one way or another.

So, this week, I’m focusing on just a few of these things that can easily fly beneath your radar, in the hopes that, should the time come, you’ll remember them and give yourself that little extra edge you need to stay amongst the living.

But…where do I start? Oh! I know…

1) Learn to drive stick.

“Driving stick?!” I can hear you wondering, “What the hell does THAT have to do with anything?”.

Well, let’s be honest, if your plan is to just run from the dead forever, there’s a good chance you’ll get exhausted (And then killed) long before you get away from them. If you really want to put distance between you and them, a car is the best way to do it.

Of course, depending on your situation in a zombie apocalypse, you may not have a choice as to what your escape vehicle is, it could be your own car or a car abandoned by some stranger who may be turning to a zombie before your very eyes, you just don’t know.

Now, imagine yourself in that hypothetical scenario I just cooked up, but with one additional caveat: That car, which, in this case, is your only fast means of escaping the undead…has a standard transmission, a.k.a., a stick shift.

What do you do? Do you know how to drive stick? I can tell you what you do if you don’t know: You run as fast as your legs can carry you and hope you put enough distance between you and them to lose them, otherwise…you’re lunch.

And, that, you see, is the problem: You do not want your life to depend on whether or not you know how to drive a particular type of car! You want to be able to drive any four-wheeled vehicle you can find, and get the hell out of dodge as quickly as you can!

If you know someone who knows how to drive stick, have them teach you how to do it. I don’t care how long it takes, it’s something you should learn, because, you never know when something like my little hypothetical might occur, and you don’t want to be the chump who gets eaten alive because they don’t know how to drive stick.