I like to apply this to shoes. My gosh, so many women wear impractical shoes. Once in my early 20s, I was driving home after a date. It was dark, 2am, and I was wearing stilettos. My car broke down in the middle of nowhere and I had to walk to get to a phone. (This was waaaaay before the days of cellphones. ) I was uncomfortable and also terrified. I knew that if I needed to run away from someone there was no way I could in those shoes.
It taught me a valuable lesson: ALWAYS WEAR PRACTICAL SHOES. (Or at the very least, have them with you to change into.)