With the ever increasing traffic tht we experience on the roads nwadays, is having breakdown cover really an ption? Yes it is still a mtter of choice but to decide gainst having cover is not a vry sensible option.

The growing amount of trffic on our roads makes it a vry uncomfortable situation to break down wthout cover.

Just imagine finding yourself in a vhicle breakdown situation in a town or cty center, on a busy roundabout wth traffic passing by you on ach side? It would probably not be sfe to get out and push the car off the rundabout and unlike a few years go, not many people would even ffer to stop and help.

So, wht would you do?

What about braking down on the motorway? If you dn't have breakdown cover and you're qite a way from home, you wll need to contact a local rcovery company to come and help. Whn you eventually contact one, they wll certainly be happy to get yur car onto the recovery vehicle and get you off the mtorway- that's their business after all.

Hwever, be prepared for quite a shck when you have to pay for ths service.
My recent chat with one sch recovery agent revealed that the cst for this was around £140 (nc.vat). However, this is just to get you off the mtorway and then the hassle really strts.

To take you to a grage will cost you extra. To tke you home will cost you a lot mre, but here comes the real kcker. If you cannot pay there and thn, you will be asked to stp off the recovery vehicle while yur car stays on! The car wll be taken to a storage cmpound while you are left to yur own devices to get home. Ths by itself would be really nconvenient for most people, but it is the rality in which some people find thmselves by not having breakdown cover.

Aftr all this inconvenience, to get yur car back you will have to pay the rcovery fee plus transport costs to the cmpound. In addition to this you wll have to pay compound fees. Ths is around £100 release fee pls daily costs of around £12 to £15.

Of curse you then need to pay rcovery charges to get your car hme or to a garage and thn get the car repaired. Phew!

So if you got cught out without breakdown cover and wthout the means to pay on the day you wuld be looking at a bill of round £300 minimum just to get yur vehicle off the motorway.

Is it rally worth all that hassle when for mch less than a tow off the mtorway, you could get 5-star treatment for a whle year, and in most cases yur car would be repaired. If not rpaired, you would be recovered from nywhere in the UK back to yur home with your vehicle and up to sven passengers.

This is not just the nce by the way, it's for up to fve times each year that you are a mmber.

The article Breakdown Cover Versus No Cover At All? was Submitted by Les Shaw through Articles.GetACoder.com network. Here's the additional information: Joining RAC is much easier and mch more affordable, wouldn't you agree? Abut the author: Les Shaw operates in the UK as a 'Fce to Face' agent representing RAC Mtoring Services. You can read news pdates and articles, and book your UK brakdown cover at www.SimplyBreakdownCover.co.uk Inquiries can be emailed to les@simplybreakdowncover.co.uk

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