If you have a car then one protection that you must opt for is that of protection against breakdown. Breakdown cover is a must for people who own cars. Cars being a technical product can suffer from snags and breakdowns anytime, anywhere. Breakdown covers in such cases prove to be of great help. Breakdown cover normally have such layers of protection like rescue, recovery, recovery plus and Europlus.

Rescue arrangement in breakdown cover means that if an incident occurs within quarter of a mile from the policy holder's address or the place where the vehicle is normally kept, the policy holder stands to gain such benefits like assistance on the roadside; and if situation so demands, the vehicle can be transported to a destination of policy holder's choice or to a garage. Policy holders and other passengers in the car can also be transported to the place of their choice. Friends or relatives also would be informed.

Another feature of breakdown cover is recovery. This includes all the benefits stated earlier in similar conditions, as well as the arrangement of the transportation (with no charges from the concerned party) of the policy holder and the vehicle to his home address or the original destination within the UK.

Next in line in breakdown cover is recovery plus, which provides such services like a self-driven car of a similar level up to1600 cc for the entire stretch of 24 hours while the policy holder's car is under repair. Another service is the covering of the cost of the transportation of the policy holder and his fellow travellers to the destination of their choice, in the vehicle of the choice of the company providing breakdown cover. In addition to this, the policy holder also stands to get a standard rail class ticket to collect the vehicle after repair, if need so arises.

Last but not least in the layers of breakdown cover is Europlus which guarantees the appliance of services included in the separate direct line breakdown cover in Europe. With such provisions, it is little wonder that break down cover is among the most sought-after services in UK.