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Please read this before you go: http://www.otherhand.org/home-page/search-and-rescue/the-hun...

The desert is surprisingly unforgiving.

Also I imagine that police would see your car and investigate, (with best intentions) interrupting any solitude. Perhaps if you left a note saying that you were going for a walk, had ample water, weren't out of your mind, and the time/date you intended to return.

There are no police out there, though. At least, I've never seen any.

They exist (see earlier comment). However they also typically stay close to town.

I was speaking mostly of general highway stops. Pulled over on a road in Nevada or one of the neighbouring states at 10-11pm so my wife could breastfeed our daughter. Car pulled up behind us and we had an initial nervous reaction before it turned out to be a cop just making sure we weren't having car trouble.

Before you do that, see this film:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0302674/