Roadside Assistance
What is Roadside Assistance?
Roadside assistance is the help you need when you find yourself stranded on the side of the road or in a parking lot – or even in your own driveway – due to a stalled or non-working vehicle.
Perhaps it’s an easy fix like a battery charge or a flat tire. Maybe you simply locked your keys in the car. It could be you let your teenager drive last and they didn’t put any gas in the tank – and now you are stranded with an empty gas tank. Roadside assistance can give you peace of mind in these – and more – circumstances..
Why Roadside Assistance?
In some cases, these are simple problems to solve, but not if you don’t have the right tools and knowledge – or worse, if it happens on a busy highway at night where it is dangerous to get out and move around. You most likely don’t have a spare gas can full of gas in the trunk. You might be miles from the nearest gas station or tire shop.
With an add-on roadside assistance policy, you’ll have peace of mind in case something does happen. Your roadside assistance package means someone will be coming to help. Someone who has the equipment and the know-how to solve your problem, including:
- Bringing flares to help make the situation safer
- Changing your tire, filling up your gas tank or jump your battery
- As a last resort, tow your car and give you a ride
Roadside Assistance Benefits
Peace of mind is priceless and that’s one main benefit of having a roadside assistance package. Peace of mind for yourself and your family members – especially those teen drivers. Other, more tangible, benefits include the ability to find a helping hand when and where you need it - at an affordable price.
Your roadside benefits offer an often-overlooked benefit, as well: A cheaper way to get help when you’ve been involved in an accident. Many times, if a car is deemed inoperable after an accident, the police will call the next towing service in line. You have the right to use your roadside assistance benefits to call for a tow truck, as well as specifying where your vehicle will be taken.
This will help you to control costs after an accident
Purchase a Roadside Assistance Plan
Roadside assistance is a cheap way to ensure you and your family are protected in the event the unexpected happens. Most people don’t plan for a flat tire. Running out of gas is not on the normal list of things to do today. A dead battery can mean you will be late to that all-important meeting. And having any of these things happen at night – whether on a busy roadway or somewhere off the beaten path – is downright scary.
For what amounts to 24 to 45 cents per day, you can buy peace of mind to take care of the unexpected twists life throws at you in the form of car trouble. We think it’s worth it!