Keep your cell phone on your person when you are driving, particularly in wintry weather conditions.

The story by reporter Sarah Stultz that appeared in the Sunday Tribune detailed how one driver spent more than six hours waiting for help after hitting an icy patch and leaving Interstate 90.

“At times I would start yelling, especially if I heard a car slow down. At other times I figured I had to save my strength,” the 53-year-old driver told Stultz.

He had a cell phone. He set it beside him while driving, but he couldn’t find it. In the crash, it had fallen somewhere. It remains lost to this day.

It illustrates the importance of keeping your cell phone in a coat pocket, something most of didn’t think about, until we read that man’s tale.

It could speed up your rescue. It could save your life.