We can help you this winter
Much of the UK has been affected by bad weather during December and over the last few days and this is expected to continue, making travelling by car difficult during this time.
If the worst happens and your car breaks down adequate breakdown cover is key to minimising the stress of the situation, which is where we can help!
Our Advantage Gold current account includes Green Flag roadside assistance and home call cover as an automatic benefit. This covers your car (and all your cars registered at your address) should it break down at the roadside or outside your home. If we cannot fix your car at the roadside, Green Flag will recover the vehicle to either a destination of your choice or a suitable repairer, both within 10 miles of the incident.
Since the start of the cold snap in December, Green Flag have helped a NatWest customer every 4 minutes, attending on average over 400 calls from broken down customers every day!*
*Data from 1st Dec 2009 to 3rd Jan 2010
Top tips for driving in the snow:
During this cold spell Green Flag has issued some advice for drivers; here are a few useful tips to prepare for hazardous driving conditions:
- Ensure your car is equipped with enough fuel, anti-freeze, screen wash and other essentials to cope with the adverse weather
- Keep an eye on the local and national weather forecasts before heading out on the roads
- Allow extra time before and during your journey
- Ensure you have plenty of fuel; if you run out your car gets cold very quickly
- Beware of black ice, taking extra care in shaded areas
- Use major roads for journeys rather than smaller, quieter roads, which are more likely to be untreated
- Keep warm clothes or a blanket in the car just in case you get ‘snowed in’
- Ensure tyres are in good condition and have adequate (and legal) tread depth (1.6mm) to ensure maximum traction on wet or slippery roads
- Once caught in deep snow, do not rev or 'gun' the engine, as this will cause the wheels to dig deeper into the snow. Instead, put the car into as high a gear as possible and slowly manoeuvre the car lightly forwards and backwards to gently creep out of the snow
- If you are stuck fast in snow, stay in the car, unless help is visible within 100 yards
- Make sure that your phone is charged and that you have the Green Flag phone number
For Green Flag roadside assistance:
Personal Advantage Gold customers should call 0800 068 5910
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Apply at
0800 200 400
Minicom
0800 917 0526
Lines are open: Mon to Fri 8am-8pm, Sat 9am-6pm
(excl. public holidays).
Calls may be recorded