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When Your Car Breaks Down

How to stay safe when your car breaks down on the road, make it visible and call for help.

What To Do When Car Breaks Down On The Road

According to astronomers, Sun will stop working one day ( don’t get panic ), this day will come only after billions of years away from now.

As such it is a wishful thinking, if we assume our cars would work tirelessly without facing any risk of breaking down forever.

In the event our cars showing any signs of breaking down on the road, we should take the following steps for safeguarding our own safety.

  • Pull Off Our Cars To Safe Location. Do not brake our car with hard and sudden way. Smoothly take foot off from accelerator, and let the momentum moving the car towards the breakdown or emergency lane on left side. Both driver and passengers should exit car from left doors, away from the moving traffic. Never stand in front or behind vehicle, in addition, it is also unsafe sitting inside the car while waiting for assistance. Ideally, we should wait behind road barrier. If you cannot exit your car due to safety, vulnerable situations or any other reasons, keep your car’s windows and doors locked and tie your seat belt. Don’t let car engine continues running for long period, in order to avoid the poisoning of carbon monoxide. When you sense your personal safety is under threat, call for police. Honk your car’s horn rapidly and repeatedly, also flash the car’s lights to attract the attention of other motorists.
  • Make Our Cars Visible. If you cannot pull off the car to safe location, turn on hazard lights immediately. You could put warning triangle and cones, one about 10 feet from the car, another further away. Make sure it is safe to do when placing triangles and cones. Raise car’s hood, so that other motorists noticing the car breakdown situation.
  • Call For Help – Inform call centre which mobile phone number you can be contacted. – Share the location of breakdown. – Description of your car. – The nature of breakdown ( if you know ) – Provide additional information, i.e. large number of passengers, infant, medical needs etc. InsureSavvy has also provided a Roadside Assistance Button for assisting you in the event of car breakdown, please visit our website : www.InsureSavvy.com.my or use its chatbot.