After completing a USA car salvage site it became apparent that when it comes to car breakdowns, that GMC, (General Motor Company) the largest motor company in the world probably has the most amount of breakdown cover callouts each year and the need for car parts is probably bigger than anyone else in the world.

Of course in America where GMC tends to be known by its corporate name rather than Vauxhall here in the UK and Opel in Europe, breakdown cover is called other names such as emergency roadside repair. GMC owns a whole range of USA branded companies, one wonders why? Just call them selves GMC.

After compiling the manufacturers that when you condense all the makes down to one, there are less makes on sale in the USA than here in the UK not counting all the joint ventures of course.

So I would imagine that when the breakdown cover man goes out, he will have to carry less different types of car parts than here in the UK

I maybe should have added this video of the NRMA a national Australian roadside assistance or breakdown cover company to my TV adverts page. But with little tile I thought I would add it to the international breakdown cover section of the blog. Otherwise what else can I add to the international section. It pretty much does and say what any breakdown cover advert would in the UK, everyone is smiling and the breakdown cover man, obvioulsy loves his job. the fact he is an actor ois another ubject. Nice smoothing music and that is that. So here it is NRMA roadside assistance.

There are nice helpful people around even if they tend to record everything that happens. Do they want to be a TV presenter, I wonder. Here the presenter has stopped to help a motorist that has broken down in Austria at the side of the road, a very busy road and what looks like an unsafe place. Follow the story as he waits, buys something, then waits and then drives away somewhere through a border. So deoa anyone know a good breakdown cover company in Austria, or is it all european policies

Did the breakdown cover man come? Was the car repaired? I have no idea. What was this all about?

They have shut the road down, the police take him on to the road, sure signs that this recovery job is related to a fatal accident. The breakdown recovery guys have to collect these cars just like any other at scenes that have runined peoples lives. There is no blood or gore but it is a sobering scene and these breakdown cover recovery guys are part of it as their job.
I would just would not do this job. The news at the end of the clip states the driver was driving up the wrong way of the highway. The passengers survived, only they will know why.

Obviously a joke call as a man is upside down sitting in his car and makes a phone call to his breakdown cover company in the USA, in this case the breakdown cover company is TripleA.

He tells Triple A that his car is upside down and on fire and will they come and give him a tow. he breakdown cover company just does not flinch and asks for his membership number. I suppose what is missing is he fails to tell them he is still in the vehicle.
he must have good hairspray as his hair stays in place right through this and the answering system of Triple A is terrible. So you wonder if he rang the emergency number or the main switch board. Anyway another attempt of being funny on the subject of breakdown cover.

Well you would not expect the AA, RAC or any other national breakdown cover Guide comapny to be able to do this. A vehicle recovery over a bridge in Cresent city above the river. A huge crane is needed well above the river to haul the truck out if the water.

It doesn’t show how the vehicle got there and is probably just as well, becasue if it went off the bridge, I can’t see how anyone could have survived that kind of fall. They have used some awful guitar music that just does not suit the proceedings, you may want to turn this down. The recovery is succesfull though and obviuosly the film was cut down to the high lights.

Anyway, recovery over a high bridge above the river, here it is.

I have filed this under international breakdown cover, because I din’t know where it is from, i am guessing Canada.

We see our break down cover specialists important to get us on our way to work, holiday or destinantion. But there are other types of breakdown cover service, this is a video regading the heavy side of the business, recovering heavy vehicles.

This is a sugar tanker that had rolles over and then caught fire in Cananda, the video shows the process to some awful music, that was supposed to improve the watching experience. There is nothing much left of the tanker and I have no idea if there were any casualties from this accident.

It does show what recovery vehicle are faced with when attending accidents like this. It is not just an anoyed driver wanting to get on their way, there could be serious accidents with even deaths involved and may mean a road being closed waithing on you before it can be reopened. There is something different when dealing with this type of call out.

A nice looking Mecedes M series looks like it has broken down in a petrol station fore court. they are talking in French so I don’t understand, but you will get the idea of what is going on.

This is not staged or a TV commercial but someone who filmed their real breakdown and calling the breakdown cover recovery man.
They are put on the back of a breakdown recovery vehicle inside their vehicle and taken to a local garage, where it looks like they are forced to hire another car to get on their way and have to leave their Mercedes at the garage, a very expensive day.

There is some English a lot of swearing, this could quiet easiliy be you.

Some more information about Car Breakdown Insurance While Travelling in Europe…

What’s my Choice for Car Breakdown Insurance?
The insurance policies available cover various types of trips such as single or annual. Annual insurance is perhaps most cost-effective for those of us who travel to Europe for frequent weekend trips by car.

Are There Any Limitations?
Sure, there are limitations to the mechanical breakdown insurance policy, but that’s the case with any insurance policy. Important to read the FINE PRINT. That’s where these insurers make a fool of us folks. Some clauses you should check are, ‘prior to departure’ breakdown insurance, what happens if you purchase a policy 7 days before departure but your car breaks down 2 days before you are about to leave, will you have coverage? What are the maximum days your policy will provide coverage? Are there limitations on the duration of the trips etc? (more…)

Most of us living in the UK agree that the best way to see Europe is to tour the continent by car. Not only does driving give us the freedom to go wherever we want, but we can do it whenever we want as well. But very few of us anticipate a breakdown situation, especially in the ‘middle of nowhere’ and in an unknown city, country and where people don’t speak English!

Oh God! My Car Has Broken Down

Some of the more important questions that we need to answer before embarking on the journey are – What will happen if my car breaks down just before the trip? What if it breaks down while on the trip? How will I get my car checked and repaired? Where will I stay while my car is being repaired? How can I plan for this added expense? And the most important – What will happen if my car can’t be repaired? How will I get my family and myself home and how can I pay for it? (more…)