Breaking down in your car is usually just an inconvenience—call a tow truck, scroll your phone, maybe eat the emergency snack stash. But if you break down in Death Valley? Well, now you’re in a real-life survival show where the grand prize is… not becoming vulture food. With scorching heat, no phone signal, and an alarming number of ways to perish, Death Valley is less “road trip destination” and more “nature’s oven set to broil.” Here’s how not to become the next unfortunate contestant.

Terrifying reality if a driver breaks down on Death Valley road in America where 68 people have died