Breakdown Cover - Why Have It?
Wednesday, February 9th, 2005I read in the newspapers last year that 1 in 4 people drive on the UK roads without adequate protection for a breakdown. This included not having a suitable spare tire, jack, or a basic tool kit in case the worst were to happen. But what is more surprising is how many people take to the roads without adequate breakdown cover. It s not as though it is expensive, some household breakdown cover names can still offer cover from 29 a year.
When you compare this to an average call out fee from a breakdown truck of at least double that for one call out and in some areas in the UK could be many times that, you wonder why breakdown cover isn t an automatic purchase. The truth is many of us don t see the need until we actually breakdown, suffered the costs, the inconvenience and possible the safety risk of being stranded somewhere.
If you have ever been burgled it is probably very unlikely you would not risk not having home contents insurance ever again, the same rules apply to breakdown cover. Anothe (more...)
