Even if you took the long way around Death Valley you’d still be driving through the Mojave Desert; that’s as big as a number of U.S. states put together. There’s no practical way to keep people from driving through an area where it’s dangerous to be stranded without water and protection from the heat. The best solution is probably to keep trying to educate the public about the heat risks and to provide emergency water & shelter stations at regular intervals along the highways.
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