European breakdown

[Captain Lloyd]

My European breakdown covers says they’re not allowed to come onto motorways in Spain, can anyone tell me the protocol for motorway breakdowns

 

[busby]

Only authorised vehicles allowed to recover on motorways..Ring on SOS phone and they will tow you off to a place your own Breakdown can sort you out.BUSBY.

 

[Gillygrim]

This happened to us last year when a tyre literally exploded on the A8 in South of France. Unable to move moho onto the hard shoulder as the tyre tread had wrapped itself round something. 50 m back to emergency phone and the breakdown lorry got to our van before I did!! He was unable to winch the van onto his lorry so within 2 minutes a Highways truck with large flashing arrow was there to divert oncoming traffic (NB. WARNING TRIANGLES NOT ALLOWED ON FRENCH MOTORWAYS!) and after a huge struggle the wheel was changed and we were escorted along the hard shoulder to the next exit. Brilliant service from a very sympathetic engineer.

 

[Captain Lloyd]

Only authorised vehicles allowed to recover on motorways..Ring on SOS phone and they will tow you off to a place your own Breakdown can sort you out.BUSBY.

I was driving towards Malaga on the A7 the other week I noticed there were no SOS phones apart from in the tunnels I guess you have to phone 112

 

[gus-lopez]

I was driving towards Malaga on the A7 the other week I noticed there were no SOS phones apart from in the tunnels I guess you have to phone 112

Yes there was an article some years back about how now everyone had a mobile phone they were not going to be installing new SOS phones & as others came to end of life/problems they would be removed.

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