Summary: European Car Breakdown Cover: Continental Coverage
European Car Breakdown Cover? It doesn’t matter what kind of car you drive, the fact is that every automobile is going to have some kind of mechanical issues at some time or another. When you run into car issues in the city where you live, you can usually depend on friends or family to help you out with assistance of some kind. When you travel out of the city to explore the sights and sounds of Europe, however, the last thing you want to happen is for your automobile to have mechanical issues far from home. If you have European… Continue reading
European Car Breakdown Cover? It doesn’t matter
what kind of car you drive, the fact is that every automobile is
going to have some kind of mechanical issues at some time or
another. When you run into car issues in the city where you live,
you can usually depend on friends or family to help you out with
assistance of some kind. When you travel out of the city to
explore the sights and sounds of Europe, however, the last thing
you want to happen is for your automobile to have mechanical
issues far from home. If you have European… Continue reading
Date Published: Jan 24, 2011 - 5:07 am
The term breakdown cover is most common in the United Kingdom
elsewhere, it may also be referred to as emergency roadside repair
or roadside assistance. Such services originated with early
national motoring organisations, such as the member clubs of the
United States American Automobile Association AAA, the United
Kingdoms Automobile Association AA, Germanys Allgemeiner Deutscher
AutomobilClub, and the Canadian Automobile Association CAA. Many of
these associations were founded as membershipbased clubs for early
enthusiast motorists services to assist members were introduced
sometime later, with the creation of a fleet of assistance
vehicles. In the case of the UK AA, these were traditionally
motorcyclemounted prior to the introduction of vans.
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Breakdown cover is a service that provides assistance to motorists
whose vehicles have suffered a mechanical failure that is
significant enough to leave them stranded at their present
location.In most areas, the service is a provided by competing
commercial service providers, with a set yearly fee to purchase the
service. In some areas, there is a governmentsponsored or
sanctioned monopoly, and the service may be in the form of an
insurance policy with premiums, instead of a member subscription
fee.In Europe, it is popularly available via each countrys national
automobile membership association, but may also be made available
as part of the service of a vehicle insurance company, or other
companies whose primary business is to offer such assistance. Many
autombile manufacturers offer roadside assistance for their
customers, sometimes for free for some period after the purchase of
a new vehicle.
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