Breakdown Cover Articles
RAC Launches Route Planner Widget To Help Drivers in 2010
In a move to make life easier for web-users planning road journeys, breakdown and insurance provider RAC have launched a brand new Route Planner widget for 2010...
RAC warns of New Year breakdowns
After an extended holiday period, RAC predicts that 4 January 2010 will be one of the busiest days in 2010 for vehicle breakdowns as millions of motorists return to work...
Experienced Drivers More Ready for Breakdowns, Younger Drivers Less Likely to
Have Cover
A British insurance firm has recently completed research regarding the habits of British drivers. The result is a discovery that almost half of all motorists will drive for the pure enjoyment of the experience...
Instead of Reducing Cover, Look for Better Value
An RAC Report on Motoring has found that 15% of respondents had made recent reductions in their breakdown cover, while another 12% had cancelled their cover all together...
Driving in France
You drive off the ferry, full of love for your European cousins, desperate to enjoy that once a year driving in France experience, only to be cut up by your first Clio...
Travelling With Children
When it comes to travelling with children and when you decide which car breakdown service to use, when it comes to your offspring, make sure you get one which offers the full recovery service...
Speed
After the U.K. Government got on top of the problem of widespread drink driving, when a coupe of pints and a chaser seemed necessary to cope with the rigours of the Hammersmith gyratory...
Manual or Automatic
People tend to be set one way, or the other: manual or automatic, although it makes little difference to your car breakdown service...
Comparing Rescue and Recovery Services
When it comes to comparing rescue and recovery services, there is very little in substance to what the major brands – such as the AA, RAC and Green Flag...
Green Driving
In fact, the greener driver you are, will most probably also mean you will see less of your car breakdown service...
Overseas Driving
anyone thinking about driving abroad on holiday, or for business for that matter, it’s worth having a quick think about the differences between a few of our European neighbours...
Car Market
compare car breakdown cover between the AA, RAC and Green Flag, it’s doubtful whether the already competitive plans on offer will be reduced anymore, for the simple fact that people are now keeping their cars longer...
Scrappage Scheme
One way to ensure you get the best deal from a provider of car breakdown cover UK, is to have the most up-to-date car possible and that’s why for many, the Scrappage scheme seemed such a good idea...
Defensive Driving
The art of defensive driving is all about keeping you safe on the road, which should also mean you’ll see less of your car breakdown service...
History of Green Flag
The Green Flag breakdown operation is the baby of the three main organisations which look after the motorists of the U.K...
History of the AA
The AA is the largest vehicle breakdown operation the U.K. It handles more call-outs than any other breakdown company and has around 4,000 mechanics on its payroll...
History of the RAC
It handles over 2.5 million calls a year and has a total of nearly 2,000 trained patrols out on the roads. As with the AA, it claims its average response time is 40 minutes...
Car Breakdown Facts
The U.K. is blessed with a number of good car breakdown companies, the most notable being the AA, the RAC and Green Flag...
Handy Car Tips
There are a number of DIY tricks when it comes to keeping your beloved car problem free. Lets have a look at a few areas.
Selling a Car? Cons to watch out for!
Selling a car was always a bit risky; the dodgy cheque, the bundle of forged cash, the chance that someone would drive off when test driving, or come back at night and steal it...
Travelling With Pets - Safety First
There might be a well known phrase or saying somewhere that says “ Pets and Journeys don’t mix”: and that may not be far from the truth, depending on the journey as much as depending on the pet...
The History of Car Breakdown Insurance
The first cars that began to appear in the streets of the United Kingdom were in the early part of the twentieth century, and they were few and far between...
Reasons Why Your Car Should Break Down
There are many reasons why a car stops moving forward which is generally interpreted as a breakdown and they can range from the most banal to the incredibly technical...
Can You Fix It? (Common Car Faults)
Cars do need to be serviced regularly, and you should listen to the advice of your garage. The question is will you do a preventative repair or wait till the next service comes around...
Avoiding A Winter Car Breakdown Nightmare
Indications are that the winter of 2010/2009 is going to be difficult and all of us have to be prepared for its challenges. A lot of our efforts will need to be placed in preparing and keeping our car in as good a working condition as possible...
Choosing The Right Breakdown Cover
Many UK drivers are inclined not to take breakdown cover too seriously. In a good situation, they opt for the company that their car insurance broker advises them to take as part of their comprehensive cover...
Do You Get The Same Cover: Comparing Breakdown Cover Supplied By Insurance
When it comes to breakdown cover, like any other form of service that you purchase, you only get what you pay for. There are major price savings to be earned when you add breakdown and recovery services when you go to renew your annual comprehensive insurance policy...
Drink Driving - and Other Ways to Invalidate your Cover
Let's face it drink driving is a crime and one that deserves punishment in the eyes of the law. Driving a car whilst under the influence of alcohol, no matter what the extenuating circumstances, is irrational and selfish...
Finding a Garage to do Repairs - What Questions to Ask
The fact is that you can't prevent a car from needing repairs, especially one that has been on the road for a few years. Engines work hard and eventually start to wear out, and parts need to be replaced...
How to Spot a Cut and Shut
Spotting a cut and shut is not for the unpracticed eye. The people who produce these abominations are often expert welders, attracted by the rich profits to be earned by this nefarious practice...
Safety and a Motorway Breakdown
It is never pleasant suffering a break down when you are on a car journey, and if the breakdown occurs when you are driving along on a motorway...
So you just had an accident - what should you do?
If you are involved in a car accident the steps that you will need are straightforward, yet important to follow, and step by step...
The Cost of Not Having Breakdown Cover
There are many people who shy clear of any form of insurance that is neither compulsory nor totally suicidal not to have. Breakdown cover may well be one of these forms of insurance that people are inclined to do without...
Tips for Buying a Second Hand Car
Buying a car, any car, is usually a very exciting experience, especially if that car is for a first time owner. However the biggest mistake that anyone can make when looking for a second hand car is to allow sentiments or emotions play anything but a minute part in the decision making process...
What is a Cut and Shut and are they Legal?
A cut and shut. The very phrase should end a shiver down a car owner's spine. Yet there are many of these "ticking bombs" driving along the roads and highways of the UK...
Drink-Driving: Stopping the Menace
Drink driving takes away countless lives and separates families from loved ones. In fact, nearly one in six of all deaths on the road involve drivers who are over the legal limit...
Driving With Your Mobile: New Legislation To Consider
In today's busy world, life without your mobile can seem daunting. With mobiles offering everything from internet access to radio broadcasts, it is easy to get addicted to using your mobile for everything involved in your life...
A Different Approach? Comparing UK Driving Policy With the Rest of Europe
In order to improve the safety of UK roads, it is important to compare other nations with the UK in order to discover potential successes and problems with other systems...
Hybrid Cars: Ending The Myths
With climate change becoming one of the most important issues facing the planet in the 21st century, people in many western nations are taking a more concerted effort to be more environmentally aware...
Nano Technology and Cars
Nano Technology is a broadly scoped term that applies to technological developments on the nanometer scale. To put this in perspective, a nanometer is one millionth of a millimetre and an atom is just a few nanometres in diameter!...
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