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Planning your route might not prevent you from breaking down

There can be something a little threatening about setting out on a long car journey, especially when it is to unfamiliar territory. In the 21st century, thanks to the wonders of GPS technology, many drivers that have access to this "eye in the sky" stand a lot less of a chance of losing their directions, and if they do there is a very nice lady that will tell them where they are going wrong.

Not everybody has access to GPS, and the ones who don't are people who don't travel a lot and if they do, it's to places where they have probably been a hundred times before. However when they do have to travel to somewhere outwith their normal range, an even with a carload of children, the pressure is on not to get lost. Being GPS less is no fun for those whose sense of direction is less developed than it should be. Thanks to the generosity of these nice people at Google it is possible to go on line, click on Google maps and type in the exact address of the place that you want to visit. You will be able to open and even download and print a detailed route map to the place that you want to visit, which you can take in the car and refer to when panic begins to set in.

For responsible car owners there is another option that they may be aware of, and if not, they should. Most car owners in the UK now have learned the advantages of having car breakdown insurance. What they may not know is that most of the major companies who provide this facility also are happy to offer a comprehensive rout planning service that will take you from your front door to the exact location that will mark the end of your journey, or ordeal if that's what you want to call it.

Before setting off, all you need to do is enter your postcode as well as that of the place your are visiting. So much better than an eye in the sky, your friendly insurance breakdown service will prepare you a personalised map that you can either print out or if you happen to have a laptop, provide you with an updating map according to your progress. Before you set off, and even during your journey, they will update you with details of holdups on the way, and suggest alternative routes if the delay looks like being a long one.

And you thought that you had to breakdown to get value from your breakdown service.

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