| Do you remember when your father first handed | | | | insurance provider's emergency roadside |
| you the car keys, then spent thirty minutes telling | | | | assistance service might be redundant. You may |
| you what you should do with them so that you | | | | already be paying for emergency services and |
| were so late there was no point in going out | | | | not even know it! |
| anyway? And you always thought your dad was | | | | How is that possible? |
| just long winded! Regardless, parents have some | | | | 1) Many organizations offer the option for an |
| valuable lessons to pass on to their children, and | | | | emergency roadside assistance service as a |
| one of those lessons is that you should never hit | | | | standard part of their membership plans. |
| the friendly highways before you've added | | | | 2) Some companies, such as AT&T, offer |
| emergency roadside assistance services to your | | | | emergency roadside assistance as part and parcel |
| car insurance policy. | | | | of their general service packages-and the amount |
| Before you pick up the phone and cancel your | | | | they charge may be so small that without a quick |
| services purely on principle, sit back and relax. If | | | | eye you wouldn't even notice it. |
| you have emergency roadside assistance you're | | | | 3) There are a number of companies, such as |
| not only in good company, you're also making a | | | | AAA, that specialize in emergency roadside |
| good decision. You never know when you're going | | | | assistance services, and many drivers purchase |
| to find yourself stuck on the side of the | | | | this decision for themselves (and their children) as |
| Interstate in the middle of the night because your | | | | soon as they begin to drive. |
| starter decided to blow a gasket, and the last | | | | Why does it matter? For starters, you really don't |
| thing you want is to be dependent on a stranger | | | | want to have to pay for dual roadside assistance |
| for a ride to the nearest gas station to call a tow | | | | services. That just takes a bite out of a budget |
| truck. | | | | that's undoubtedly already stretched thinner than |
| If emergency roadside assistance is a part of | | | | you'd like it to be. Not to mention the fact that |
| your car insurance policy you won't have to | | | | removing this service from your insurance plan |
| worry about it. All you have to do is pick up the | | | | puts you in the fast track for cheap car |
| phone and call your car insurance provider and | | | | insurance-it may not cost a great deal to |
| they'll dispatch a tow truck your way. And | | | | purchase emergency services from your |
| because adding this roadside protection service is | | | | insurance provider, but when you're trying to cut |
| usually cheaper than, say, getting busted by the | | | | the fat off of your policy every little bit helps. |
| cops for going 80 in a 55 you can enjoy that | | | | So, the next time you decide to go shopping |
| peace of mind without your bank account paying | | | | around for car insurance quotes, keep in mind |
| the price. | | | | what your father told you-and find out whether |
| Of course, you knew that. Your dad gave you | | | | emergency roadside assistance services are part |
| that spiel the day he sent you off to college. | | | | of your insurance provider's standard operating |
| What you probably didn't know is that your car | | | | package. |