So – the inevitable has happened – zombies have attacked the world. You need to know how to survive and this is the list you need – the top 7 zombie survival tips.
1. Pull your shit together!
If it’s a zombie infestation, the cops, firemen, and ambulance men will all be rather busy, or dead. When the first zombies are seen, the police will take them to hospitals. Do not lock yourself in your apartment and wait for the police to save you. Do not cooperate with the authorities. They know nothing about zombies, as they believe that zombies are a myth.
2. Get armed
You do not want to face zombies and be unarmed, even if they are not so smart or quick or powerful, they will be too dangerous to fight bare handed. Firearms are good, but you should also have some side weapons you can use if you run out of bullets, or if they get too close. Anything’s good: knives, swords, axes or even poleaxes if you know how to use one properly. Blunt weapons are also good, but you must wear protection goggles and a mask, or something to protect your face from the splash.
3. Get armored
You must try to protect your body as much as you can, especially the neck, arms and legs. These are the most exposed parts to bite. You can find lots of body armor from army surplus shops, or even martial arts and hunting shops. Jeans also offer good protection from bites.
4. Leave town
If the zombie infestation caught you in a big town, you must leave immediately. It’s one thing to face 10 zombies, but another thing to face 10000 zombies. Best thing is to go to the country. Farms are quite easy to defend, and the open spaces won’t let you get caught by surprise.
5. Gather supplies
Gather as many supplies as you can. Everything from bottled water to gas – you will need it. And it won’t be hard to do it…if everyone’s dead it won’t be stealing! Best thing is to get a truck and start looting the largest stores in the area. Don’t go into big towns, and don’t start looting until you are 100% sure there won’t be a zombie attack, let alone a big one! You don’t want the authorities to stop the attack, nor do you want to end up in jail for looting.
6. Barricade
Some barbed wire and a whole bunch of gas filled bottles can do wonders when defending your resort from a zombie attack. Also, alarms are a very good idea. You can make them yourself (some cans and pots on a wire) or get a real one, motion sensors and everything (see number 5 for looting tips – Gas and Generator required).
7. Search for survivors
After you have enough supplies, and your home and the surroundings are safe, you should start searching for survivors. Even if you are the only one of your group still alive, you’ll end up going mad if you remain alone. Start with the small towns around you. It will be quite easy if you have a zombie proof car. Just go to the town limits and honk. If zombies are there, they will head in your direction and you can just leave; alternatively you will recognize the survivors and can form a group. Safety in numbers!
Contributor: Yaurt
his guide was a semi serious look at it, but it still a joke book, i mean its about a zombie uprising lol
jim; rather sceptical about all this…. is the latest data u can get 2003? Know its silly but….well…i think ure talking *****.
nope. my family was in england in ’03 and it was all over their news. just proves the best way for only the criminals to have guns is to ban them.
if you dont believe me, here is a 1998 statistic. http://www.haciendapub.com/stolinsky.html
dont like that one? here’s another
http://www.ias.org.uk/resources/publications/alcoholalert/alert200701/al200701_p14.html
OH, You poor people who think zombies are a joke! You won’t be laughing when you look out your window and see them eating your neighbors!
(I was going to say “eating your sister” but some people might take that the wrong way
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worse comes to worse, your city has to be nuked.
have we reaches the end of the blog? i havent seen anybody on here in a while.
kunleski: the list is for LOL not FYI
I would drive to coast, take a boat and go to an island. Island should be relatively small to be able to clean it from zombies, and have fresh water source. Do not forget plant seeds and fishing equipment. The reason to go to island is that I never heard of zombies swimming or being able to use any vehicle (although in Zombie Wedding film there was a zombie walking on sea floor).
Drogo:what are u talking about. there is not even a possibility of zombies existing
avi: thats what they want you to think lol but dont worry Bush already foresaw the threat http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IoXgRtDysLY
Has anyone ever read World War Z by Max Brooks? I just finished it’s an awesome book it shows a realistic side of what would happen during a Z invasion. Basically we get our asses kicked but come back using civil war era tactics. “Whats the use of a stealth bomb against an enemy who has no radar?”
this list is in the humour section because zombies aren’t real.
most vids where u c zombies are not real
flv:don’t believe everything u c on youtube or metacafe or metatube or nutube (whatever nutube is)
avi, aaaavi, BEWARE of the things that go BUMP in the night!!!
They’re coming to get you, a-avi!
“i am legend” for how to survive zombie attacks. if you have it in your blood killing or running away from them is not the problem; problem is to keep yourself up. notice how will smith tries to keep his mind up by talking to models like they are real.
(couldn’t have time to read all of the comments, just wishing that noone has mentioned this before.. pls pls, dont want to get embrassed
Wear a suit made of aluminum foil. No one likes biting that stuff.
P.S-Ness fought two types of Zombie in EarthBound. he defeated them using a trap called Zombie Paper.
i was just thinking the other day. if you had a good defensive perimeter set up with a good wall or taller structure, you could use that chainsaw on a stick thing. the same one they use for pruning trees. they sell them at any home depot or lowes. just make sure you get the gas one. i know gas would be in short supply but i would hate to have to run the human powered generator to use an electrical one.
drogo:it isn’t as easy to make me believe inzombies as you think. OH yeah… zombies r 1 of the things that will only come to you if you think they will (which i don’t & i’m pretty sure my neighbours don’t either)
drogo:oooh…perhaps they are coming to get you…but non-beleivers are a totally different matter
and i am not american flv
flv:the zombie it shows is fake. bush’s stupidity is true.
flv:OK, slight possibility, but not likely
who said everyone would get in a car?
#8 If you see zombie’s everywhere, it’s time to go to narcotics anonymous.
how many times have you thought, “if i just close my eyes and imagine this never happened, the zombies will vanish.” it is the real #1 zombie survival tip.
avi,, That reminds me of something. Years ago I had the same ridiculous reoccuring dream happen to me several times. I was getting chased by zombie-like space aliens.
Then one day there was a dream expert on a radio show. He said that you can tell yourself at bedtime, “If I have that dream, I’m going to realize it’s just a dream, while I’m dreaming.” It worked! The next time I had that stupid dream I also dreamt saying, “Wait a second, this is only a dream!” The zombie-like space alien stopped chasing me, stood looking at me for a second, then I woke up. (Haha) I never had the dream again.
I think I had that dream because my friends and I had recently stopped watching rented horror movies. I think it was withdrawal symptoms. (haha)
got a 70%survival rate and dont go to walmart ……. there will be undead in there….. go to the local gun enthusiast shooting range you’ll be safe……. they make ammo …. best guns ever ….(they have 5 freakin m134s) and theres a quikemart next door (ps. only take canned goods and never use anyone elses cutlary)….. im a skilled sniper and im gould with pistols and assault rifles
drogo:yup, there are some things that only continue (or even start) when you worry about them.
Delio: “I am Legend” is about Vamps, read the book! Although you are right, keeping your sanity once you are the only one left is probably the most important part!
I only got a 45% survival rate, mostly cuz I don’t have guns & only have limited experience shooting them.
reads really sensible to me. thanks for the tips.
Most of these tips you don’t even need.First of all before any of this happens, build a brick/stone wall all around your house.Make sure the gate is very thick metal. Walking zombies wont have anything on you if you do that. Install solar panels on your roof top so you can have electricity in your home. Get food that is nonperishable and stash it upstairs. Install window bars on all of your first story window, that way if any zombies get through they wont be able to get in that way. When the zombies start coming if they manage to get past your brick/stone wall which is very unlikely for slow zombies, stack furniture at your door and board up all of the windows(which are already protected)for even more protection, then with what ever you have on hand (preferably a sledgehammer) destroy your staircase !DO NOT USE FIRE!
Following all of these steps you can ride out the apocalypse in style, playing xbox 360.
Wow…….if Zombies were attacking, that would mean that the dead were rising, because Zombies are, of course, the dead ressurected.
Hmmmmm, so, I would actually have the opportunity to date certain guys who have passed on?
Hell, the first thing I would do is my make-up and hair, then go out looking for the Marquis De Sade….. I always wanted to go out with him! LOL.
xoxoxo
slayer,
a good idea, but not for most that own a house. with most zoning laws, you cant just build a wall like that. you have to apply for all the proper permits, etc. if you live in a area that has a homeowners association, good freakin luck. you cant even change the color of your gutters without their permission. the areas where you can get away with just building a wall like that have a very low population density anyway. as for the rest of the plan, it is fine until the power grid goes down. then you wont have any water or electricity. i understand you talked about solar panels. even the best panels out there are only 30% efficient and you would have to severely limit your appliance use to conserve batteries (if you remembered to add them to your system). once the water stops, you will have to worry about sewage and the subsequent disease it brings. no place in the city or suburbs will let you put up an outhouse. and good luck digging one after the zombies come.
personally, i would only remain in an urban/suburban area for a short amount of time. enough to figure out exactly what is happening (i.e. zombies, asteroid strike, riots or whatever). that would dictate where i would go from there. first things first though, i would get out into the countryside via a non-likely avenue of approach. that is i would not take the highways or other major throughways because they would be clogged with traffic and pannickers. i have already figured my route out of this area. from there i would either link up with friends and family at the predetermined location, or head out to my remote location.
dont get me wrong, you have a good start to the plan, but you need to think further out.
wow uve really thought about that….. but i believe his plan of baring up the windows and abondining the stairs is a desent plan but definatly only short term… you would have 2 get som sort of abondend castle with assalt teams leaveing to collect food but nothing is 100% safe if you seen land of the dead you can see they set up an amazing perimiter electric fences the lot but they still loosse controll in the end,,,, so if thatr happens chances are where all DEAD ………….wb
Ok I feel like Im pretty prepared for a zombie attack but im open for suggestions…so here me out, The first thing you need to realize in a zombie outbreak is that you know nothing, no information gathered from any list,movie,game,book,or whatever can be presumed accurate. Even though I loved dawn of the dead and the zombie survival guide, they are still not worth risking my life over beings that they suggest facts about zombies, and since a zombie attack has never actually occurred let alone been recorded theres no way to came any information on such a thing to be true. If you wanna know where to go from there just ask
matthew, that is pretty much what i said. unfortunately, there are no castles (occupied or abandoned) where i live. you would have to go to europe to find castles. there is an old civil war era fort near here though. you run into 2 problems with those. no running water or electricity. you dont necessarilly need electricity, but you definitely need water.
the assault teams you mention would depend on the area. if you are being horded by zombies, then not probably a good idea. it would be easier to pick them off in a horde until it thinned out. remember that might take a lot of ammo. which i dont mind wasting, but you will need to conserve it at this point. molotovs would be my best bet. cheap, simple and easy. you dont have to use gas either. you can use grain alcohol, lighter fluid, kerosene, etc..
after thinking about it, if i had to be stuck in a urban/suburban area, i thought that a fire department would be a good idea. they are mostly brick and are small enough to defend with a squad sized element or less. they have a small amount of medical supplies and oxygen masks if need be. not to mention, they have 1 cool get away vehicle and a pretty big water supply. they should also have enough hand held radios and scanners to figure out what is going on before the general public does. i figured the police stations would overrun with displaced persons and possibly zombies. a wal-mart or similar business would only be well suited for at least a platoon to defend. with all the doors and exits and all the people to have zombie watch 24/7, it just seems more trouble than it is worth. i wouldnt even attempt a hospital. remember this is only if i am stuck in the city.
I think the list is very helpful i scored a 100% on the survial qiuz
In the event of a Zombie invasion, you might as well take an overdose of sleeping pills because here’s the thing: ZOMBIES DON’T DIE UNLESS YOU KILL THEM. There’s no ‘waiting it out.’ They’ll be going forever. And they’ll eventually find you. Zombies can’t die of starvation, so either you kill them or they kill you. It’s that simple.
You could steal a submarine or a cruise ship. A ship will protect you from all zombies except Zombie Jesus. Then you’re *****ed.
the hing you forget, exe, is that zomies have no regenerative abilities. as the human body moves (or for that matter any body with muscles) it rips the muscles. Since zombies cannot regenerate, eventually they will effectively rip ther limbs off. In time the zombies are little more than moaing piles of flesh on the ground, easy targets for even the weakest shots.
’9. Juggz – October 26th, 2007 at 3:45 pm
Neo said it best: “Guns, lots of guns!”‘
-No, guns are okay, but they aren’t exactly ideal. It’s the whole *running out of bullets* thing. Nothing better than some blades. Pick up an s-word and save yo ass.
Zombiecreed knows whats up. Listen, the source of the zombie outbreak governs the best course of action. Also, depending on the source, the response time will vary. However, any kind of fictionalized zombie scenario is helpful. Not only do the movies desensitize you to the situation at hand, but, they give a basic understanding of what a zombie would really be like. So many different theories on zombies. Some of my faves are going to be from The Walking Dead comic series by Kirkman. Amazing. That’s all that can be said.
boom,
so you would give up a “gun” for a sword?
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P.S.
Yours truly,
Steve the zombie
steeeev,
if you need a third eye, stop by my place.
Decent list but you can gather supplies before the outbreak its not like the credit card company is going to come after you if everyones running for there lives. Also I wouldn’t search for survivors but would help them if i happened upon them. But be forewarned you get caught harboring a zombie or a bite victim on someone else or yourself no waiting for the last second as they turn no you get a bullet immediately and if your just harboring them better hope you can run faster than I shoot. wall marts and the like are not a good place to hold up maybe to loot but not to stay. wall marts are generally near heavily populated areas. Personally i recommend your nearest state forestry with several bales of chicken wire and an industrial staple gun you can secure what ever amount of ares you need to. from there you can forage for food or even plant a garden and with work start to build a shelter seeing as you will have plenty of wood. also 22 cal rounds are recommended. They are plentiful you can fit way more 22s in your pocket than shotgun shells. Also any round bigger than a 40 cal is discouraged because once you reach 45 cal of bigger the chance of a ricochet of of a skull is a lot bigger than you think and over 50% at .50 cal. And last quiet is better because when you think about it the sense that will last the longest is hearing eyesight will be a blur most likely touch is irrelevant and taste isn’t something i want to find out. also great tactic for clearing an area for looting is to have 2 or 3 lie down prone in the bed a pickup truck with rifles while you drive through town slowly honking periodically to draw out the zeds while they fire and if things get to hot pull up the tailgate and hit it.
Current weapons in my zombie survival kit
1) Walther p22 – 22 cal pistol
2) marlin model 60 – 22 cal rifle
3) S&W sigma series – 9 mil
4) Hi-point 995 carbine – 9 mil
5) machete – old style and durable as hell
6) Gerber Hatchet – durable and fits other applications
Hope someone sees this cause ill need good people when Z-day arrives
Z.S.E.,
you put way too much stock into mr brooks’ book. unless youre hunting squirrels and rabbits or conducting a mob hit, a .22lr is pretty much useless. sure ammo is cheap as hell, but they just dont match up ballistically. with a .22lr @ 50 meters you have on average 1125 fps with 85 ftlbs. if you just step up to the .223, the ballistics @ 100 meters (62 gr) are 3150 fps and just over 900 ftlbs. if it is cheap ammo you are seeking, the 7.62x39mm (std AK) @ 100 meters is 2062 fps with 1180 ftlbs. the .22 cal is popular with the mob because the projectiles are lead and are generally untraceable after hitting your target and most of the .22lr is subsonic for use with suppressors. in personal experience, i have seen both .223 and 7.62×39 go through skulls at around 50 meters. the 7.62×39 went straight through, but the .223 took off exit wound side of the head. i am not trying to belittle you in any way, i just hope you didnt read the zombie guide as gospel.
u don’t have 2 be fast 2 outrun a zombie…just faster than the rest of uy party
ummmm if there are zombie the truth is, someone may still be hiding or barracaded.dont immedietyly assume there are no survivors, or no zombies.
Five Most likely Causes of a Zombie OutBreak
#5.
Brain Parasites
As seen in …
Resident Evil IV
What are they?
Parasites that turn victims into mindless, zombie-like slaves are fairly common in nature. There’s one called toxoplasmosa gondii that seems to devote its entire existence to being terrifying.
This bug infects rats, but can only breed inside the intestines of a cat. The parasite knows it needs to get the rat inside the cat, so the parasite takes over the rat’s brain, and intentionally makes it scurry toward where the cats hang out. The rat is being programmed to get itself eaten, and it doesn’t even know.
Of course, those are just rats, right?
How it can result in zombies:
Hey, did we mention that half the human population on Earth is infected with toxoplasmosa, and don’t know it? Hey, maybe you’re one of them. Flip a coin.
Oh, also, they’ve done studies and shown that the infected see a change in their personality and have a higher chance of going bat***** insane.
Chances this could cause a zombie apocalypse:
Humans and rats aren’t all that different; thats why they use them to test our drugs. All it takes is a more evolved version of toxoplasmosa, one that could to do us what it does to the rats. So, imagine if half the world suddenly had no instinct for self-preservation or rational thought. Even less than they do now, we mean.
If you’re comforting yourself with the thought that it may take forever for such a parasite to evolve, you’re forgetting about all the biological weapons programs around the world, intentionally weaponizing such bugs. You’ve got to wonder if the lab workers don’t carry out their work under the unwitting command of the toxoplasmosa gondii already in their brains. If you don’t want to sleep at night, that is.
You may be protesting that technically these people have never been dead and thus don’t fit the dictionary definition of “zombies,” but we can assure you that the distinction won’t matter a whole lot once these groaning hordes are clawing their way through your windows.
#4.
Neurotoxins
As seen in …
The movie The Serpent and the Rainbow, the upcoming Resident Evil 5 video game.
What are they?
There are certain kinds of poisons that slow your bodily functions to the point that you’ll be considered dead, even to a doctor (okay, maybe not to a good doctor). The poison from fugu (Japanese blowfish) can do this.
The victims can then be brought back under the effects of a drug like datura stramonium (or other chemicals called alkaloids) that leave them in a trance-like state with no memory, but still able to perform simple tasks like eating, sleeping, moaning and shambling around with their arms outstretched.
How it can result in zombies:
“Can?” How about “does.”
This stuff has happened in Haiti; that’s where the word “zombie” comes from. There are books about it, the most famous ones by Dr. Wade Davis (Passage of Darkness and The Serpent and the Rainbow). Yes, the movie The Serpent and the Rainbow was based on this guy’s actual science stuff. How much of it was fact? Well, there was that one scene where they strapped the guy naked to a chair and drove a huge spike through his balls. We’re hoping that part wasn’t true.
What is definitely true is the story of Clairvius Narcisse. He was a Haitian guy who was declared dead by two doctors and buried in 1962. They found him wandering around the village 18 years later. It turned out the local voodoo priests had been using naturally occurring chemicals to basically zombify people and putting them to work on the sugar plantations (no, really).
So, the next time you’re pouring a little packet of sugar into your coffee, remember that it may have been handled by a zombie at some point.
Chances this could cause a zombie apocalypse:
On the one hand, it’s already *****ing happened! So that earns it some street cred right off the bat. But, even if some evil genius intentionally distributed alkaloid toxins to a population to turn them into a shambling, mindless horde, there is no way to make these zombies aggressive or cannabalistic.
Yet.
#3.
The Real Rage Virus
As seen in …
28 Days Later
What is it?
In the movie, it was a virus that turned human beings into mindless killing machines. In real life, we have a series of brain disorders that do the same thing. They were never contagious, of course. Then, Mad Cow Disease came along. It attacks the cow’s spinal cord and brain, turning it into a stumbling, mindless attack cow.
And, when humans eat the meat …
How it can result in zombies:
When Mad Cow gets in humans, they call it Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. Check out the symptoms:
* Changes in gait (walking)
* Hallucinations
* Lack of coordination (for example, stumbling and falling)
* Muscle twitching
* Myoclonic jerks or seizures
* Rapidly developing delirium or dementia
Sure, the disease is rare (though maybe not as rare as we think) and the afflicted aren’t known to chase after people in murderous mobs. Yet.
But, it proves widespread brain infections of the Rage variety are just a matter of waiting for the right disease to come along.
Chances this could cause a zombie apocalypse:
If the whole sudden, mindless violence idea seems far-fetched, remember that you are just one brain chemical (serotonin) away from turning into a mindless killing machine (they’ve tested it by putting rats in Deathmatch-style cages and watching them turn on each other). All it would take is a disease that destroys the brain’s ability to absorb that one chemical and suddenly it’s a real-world 28 Days Later.
So, imagine such an evolved disease, which we’ll call Super Mad Cow (or, Madder Cow) getting a foothold through the food supply. Say this disease spreads through blood-on-blood contact, or saliva-on-blood contact. Now you have a Rage-type virus that can be transmitted with a bite.
#2.
Neurogenesis
As seen in …
Laboratories around the world.
What is it?
You know all that conversy out there about stem cell research? Well, the whole thing with stem cells is that they can basically be used to re-generate dead cells. Particularly of interest to zombologists like ourselves is neurogenesis, the method by which they can re-grow dead brain tissue.
You can see where this is going.
How it can result in zombies:
You wanted the undead to make an appearance in this article? Well, here you go, you creepy bastards.
Science can pretty much save you from anything but brain death; they can swap out organs but when the brain turns to mush, you’re gone. Right?
Well, not for long. They’re already able to re-grow the brains of comatose head trauma patients until they wake up and walk around again.
Couple that with the new ability to keep a dead body in a state of suspended animation so that it can be brought back to life later, and soon we’ll be able to bring back the dead, as long as we get to them quickly enough.
That sounds great, right? Well, this lab dedicated to “reanimation research” (yes, that’s what they call it) explains how the process of “reanimating” a person creates a problem. It causes the brain to die off from the outside in. The outside being the cortex, the nice part of you that makes humans human. That just leaves the part that controls basic motor function and primitive instincts behind.
Reanimation research (artist’s rendering)
You don’t need the cortex to survive; all you need is the stem and you’ll still be able to mindlessly walk and eat and enjoy Grey’s Anatomy. This is how chickens can keep walking around after they’ve been beheaded (including one case where the chicken lived for 18 months without a head).
So, you take a brain dead patient, use these techniques to re-grow the brain stem, and you now have a mindless body shambling around, no thoughts and no personality, nothing but a cloud of base instincts and impulses.
That, ladies and gentlemen, is what we like to call a real, live, undead zombie. So there.
Chances this could cause a zombie apocalypse:
Think about it. Under every legal system in the world, all rights and responsibilities are terminated at death. All it takes is someone with resources and a need for a mindless workforce of totally obedient slave labor.
How long until somebody tries this? We’re betting somebody in the world, maybe North Korea, will have a working zombie by Christmas.
#1.
Nanobots
As seen in…
Michael Crichton’s novel Prey, The PS2 game Nano Breaker
What are they?
Nanobots are a technology that science apparently engineered to make you terrified of the future. We’re talking about microscopic, self-replicating robots that can invisbily build–or destroy–anything. Vast sums of money are being poured into nanotechnology. Sure, at some level scientists know nanobots will destroy mankind. They just can’t resist seeing how it happens.
How it can result in zombies:
Scientists have already created a nano-cyborg, by fusing a tiny silicone chip to a virus. The first thing they found out is these cyborgs can still operate for up to a month after the death of the host. Notice how nano scientists went right for zombification, even at this early stage. They know where the horror is.
According to studies, within a decade they’ll have nanobots that can crawl inside your brain and set up neural connections to replace damaged ones. That’s right; the nanobots will be able to rewire your thoughts. What could possibly go wrong?
Chances this could cause a zombie apocalypse:
Do the math, people.
Some day there will be nanobots in your brain. Those nanobots will be programmed to keep functioning after you die. They can form their own neural pathways, meaning they can use your brain to keep operating your limbs after you’ve deceased and, presumably, right up until you rot to pieces in mid-stride.
The nanobots will be programmed to self-replicate, and the death of the host will mean the end of the nanobots. To preserve themselves, they’d need to transfer to a new host. Therefore, the last act of the nanobot zombie would be to bite a hole in a healthy victim, letting the nanobots steam in and set up camp in the new host. Once in, they can shut down the part of the brain that resists (the cortex) and leave the brain stem intact. They will have added a new member to the unholy army of the undead.
Now, it should be more than clear by this point that our goal is to be responsible researchers. We don’t want to create a panic here. All we’re saying is that on an actual day on the actual calendar in the future, runaway microscopic nanobots will end civilization by flooding the planet with the cannabalistic undead.
dogs cont be turned into zombies also having a dog wont be a good idae cause they will just keep on barking and the zombie will know were u r so that answers the qeustoins on some peoples minds.
Cars; A terrible idea. They run on fuel, most of which would have been siphoned by the time you find a zombie-ready car. Big-rigs=you are canned food. Armored trucks;Could be a good hideout if you have enough supplies, maybe. SUVs, mini-vans, any car = X( they need fuel, you need to carry the fuel, depending on what kind of car effects your speed because you aren’t gonna find gas or diesel or any fuel every time you see a station. Personally, I think bikes ARE the best, (unless you are being attacked) no fuel, maneuverable, you can just (if they can fold up like some do) fold up your bike climb the rocks and keep moving. Motorcycles=meh. I would rather have a gun as a secondary weapon and a blade or club as my primary. Groups are fifty fifty, if you live in a large apartment complex, make your way to the roof or top floor and make a zombie-proof exit to get down if you are ambushed, plus there are bound to be veterans in apartment complexes or neighborhoods. Also, stay away from any authority complexes, such as police departments, fire dept., and others of the sort. My best bet would be a school because they have fences gates, no way to the roof (so bring a ladder
) flat roofs, they have food, though they are most likely perishable, medical supplies (nothing for serious injuries) and desks can be barricades if you want to be inside the school rather than the roof. GET AWAY FROM MALLS. People really DO think they’re safe because they saw it in a movie so don’t even be near a mall. I hope I helped. 
To the guy saying he would stay in a Wal-Mart and live off the supplies within, do you really think you would be the only one with that idea? Stores would be looted and cleaned out of their stock very quickly, and survivors would be killing each other for supplies.
Besides that, the Wal-Mart stores that aren’t on the outskirts of heavily populated major cities are still located in or very close to busliting suburbs. The places where the most people were living would then be where the most zombies are.
I’m sorry if anyone already covered this (too many comments lol) But The “zombies” in 28 days later are NOT zombies. They starved to death… starved to DEATH! They didn’t eat people, they attacked them and killed them or had them turn, then left them alone. Sorry, it’s a sore point with me…damn the purist in me hehe. And the thought of the zombies freezing in winter is pretty good…wonder why I never thought of that lol.
The zombies in 28 Days Later are a new kind of zombie, but the basic premise is still a “zombie” film.
wow, i’m ready now. This was very helpful
okay,
i am not particularly fond of the bicycle idea. here is the major flaw i see. energy. with any survival situation, you have to conserve energy at all costs. the more energy you exert, the more you need to consume (food). so riding a bike uses more energy than driving a car or truck. i understand the whole gasoline thing. yeah it will always need gas. but with a hunk of hose, you should be able to siphon from just about anything. and if the vehicle is diesel, you can use vegetable oil as well. besides you can always carry a bike as back-up.
the second problem i see with riding a bike is the amount of “stuff” you can carry. now i believe in travelling light, believe me. i was in a ranger batallion for 5 years. i hate having to carry more than you have to. but a true combat load should never bee over 50 lbs. actually 48 by army standards. more than that and you become a walking target, instead of a highly maneuverable one. now i dont know about anybody else, but i would hate to have to carry even 50lbs on a bike much less walk with it. think of all the food you would have to consume to keep carrying that load. and when you combine that with the fact that the human body needs (give or take) 3 qts of water per day just to survive, you better be carrying only food and water on that bike.
as far as weapons go, here is my belief. take them out as far away from you as you can. this sort of reverts back to the energy principle. if you have to waste energy beheading zombies with a whatever (even though it would be fun), you could just as easily pull a trigger and be done with it. saves a ton of trouble. as for the type of weapon, find something that you can handle. i.e. a smaller person shouldnt need a 12 ga shotgun with 3 1/2 ” magnum shells. it should also be a common caliber. you are going to have a tough time trying to find ammunition as it is (energy rule) why make it harder. other than that, it is up to the individual what they get. you could debate the whole lever action vs. semi auto stuff, but if you feel comfortable with a particular weapon, then knock yourself out.