Roadside Assistance Tips

The road can be a dangerous place.  We all take the necessary precautions to create a safe vessel for our daily commute, but in some cases, things are unavoidable.  If you have been the victim of a flat tire, or mechanical mishap, then you’ve experienced that lonely feeling.  You’re stuck on the side of the road, all of your contacts are either busy or too far away for contact, and you feel stranded. Alone.  Roadside assistance has created a safe haven for daily commuters.  It’s a great service that provides assistance to motorists whose vehicles have suffered a mechanical failure that is significant enough to leave them stranded.  In today’s blog, we provide some tips for getting through it.

The first thing you should do is call and establish with the operator what the problem is.  The call is then relayed to the tow driver or emergency officials.  By popping the hood to see what’s wrong or getting out and checking the damage, you can survey the problem.  This gives the officials a general idea of what to expect.  Please, take caution, if you feel as if you’re taking a chance, stay in your vehicle!!

The next thing to do is describe your location.  According to eHow: “Tell the operator where exactly you were driving and where you think you may be on the road. This will help the operator call the closest tow truck company or emergency medical services so that they can get to you as quickly as possible. Turning on your flashers or your headlights and, if you feel safe doing so, put out reflective triangles behind your car to help the tow truck driver find you in a shorter amount of time.”

Information!  Information!  Information! Always keep a copy of all the info you would need for roadside assistance.  One should be in your wallet or purse, while the other should be easily accessible in your vehicle.  This should include the numbers that you would need for the operator, expiration date, and other details.

These are just a few tips for you guys to check out…feel free to comment!

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The Dangers of Eating While Driving

We all do it. Whether it’s on our way to work or home from a long day at the office, we all eat in our cars. From bagels to tacos, we’ll eat what we’re in the mood for. But are some foods more dangerous to eat while drive?

Here’s a list of the top foods which Audi Coral Springs finds to be the most danger to eat while driving. The messier, the more dangerous.

Chinese Food:

This cuisine speaks for itself. The combination of holding the white and red to go box between your legs, using chopsticks to shovel food into your mouth and the needed eye contact to make sure food doesn’t land on your clothing, is the perfect recipe for disaster.

Meatball Sub:

The fact that you have to hold a sub with two hands brings this lunchtime meal to our list.  We feel meatball subs are more so dangerous than other subs due to its temperature and the possibility of a hot, sauce-covered meatball falling out and staining your clothing. It doesn’t stop there! From your clothing, it leaves sauce stripes on your car’s carpet as it rolls around your floor.

Pizza:

With so many toppings and styles to choice from, who doesn’t enjoy a fresh, hot slice of pizza? This is one food you need to be carful with even when siting at the dinner table! You can burn the corner of your lips, the top of your mouth, pull the cheese off and burn your chin or simply burn yourself with the hot oil from the cheese. This is definitely a non-car friendly food.

Cereal:

Cereal is one of those foods you can eat anytime of the day – minus in the car. Eating cereal can be messy when you’re not seating at a table and the mess can grow if you add milk to your brand of choice. Worrying about Lucky Charms or Coco-Puffs decorating your car’s interior, or the thought of what spilt milk in a hot car would smell like, lands this food on our list.

Tacos:

Who doesn’t enjoy a tasty corn tortilla filled with your favorite meat and veggies? Although this is a food that most can eat with one hand, it’s a messy food which will makes you tilt your head to get the perfect bite. This change of perspective may lead to your car becoming infused with the one in front of you.

 Burgers:

“Hold the pickles, hold the lettuce” hold off on eating that burger until you’re home! You can never have too many napkins when eating a burger. Which many toppings available to make the perfect burger, the more you add, the more likely you are to feed your clothing lunch.