Oct 16
Not many people know you can apply for an international driving permit through the AA. This permit cannot be used in the UK and should not be used in ceratin countries instead of a UK driving licence and should be there to support your licence only.
You will need to check the different rules of each country to determine if an internatoinal permit is right for you and their own rules on the subject and be aware you can’t apply for an International driving permit if you have a provisional licence unless you have certain proof you have passed your test.
There are 2 covention IDPs from 1926 and 1949, you should understand which countries accept which version of which IDP.
You can find out more at the AA International Driving Permit Page.
Oct 16
Many members and non members are often unaware of the extra services the AA can offer as well as the traditional breakdown cover service everyones relates to. One such service is called AA Fuel Assist and is aimed at a driver or business who has filled theie vehicle with the wrong fuel type of which we know can do damage to the vehicle and eventualy stop running.
This service started in 2007 with an estimated 150,000 drivers using the wrong fuel in their vehicle and such disposing of 7.5 million litres of fuel dwon the drain. The AA extra service is not just about retreiving the fuel and cleansing the engine and tank in question, but recycling the fuel in a way that means the fuel can be reused for other purposes.
The service is not just open to AA breakdown cover memebrs but to the general public also. The AA recomend not to start the car when you have misfueled and to contact the AA Fuel Assist Service as soon as possible. the costs is around £150, but a lot cheaper than replacing the engine.
You can read moer about AA’s fuel Assist service directly here
Oct 11
In 2008 the AA asked from 11,000 to nearly 17,500 people certain questions about safety and now want to create a saety manifesto based on answers of the questionaires.
The questions related to speed cameras, do we need tighter regulation and what the 3 E’s stand for, education, engineering and enforement.
Surprisingly most people were in some sort of supprt of speed cameras. If you inlcude the very acceptable and quite acceptable answers to speed camers you end up with 70% of the vote, somthing many of us are surprised to see. Over 11,000 people were asked these questions.
Nearly 14,000 people expressed an opinion about tighter regulations of which nearly 60% were in favour, for tighter regulations to reduce road deaths.
When it came to the 3 E’s most suggested tha engineering was the solution to safer driving where other suggested that extra driving training should be given to those with minor motoring offenses.
To get the full story and exact figures on the AA safety Manifesto you should visit the AA breakdown cover site direct.
It is right that safety should be on the agenda as well as selling breakdown cover, so the manifesto should be valueable to everyone and show what the people of the UK want, not just the government’s opinion.
