ROAD SERVICE.

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXIV, Issue 946, 16 December 1933, Page 13

ROAD SERVICE.

Stations to Co-operate With

the C.A.A.

The Canterbury Automobile Association, ever ready to help its members, has anounced that an agreement has been reached with garage proprietors to help in the formation of a comprehensive road service to give assistance to motorists in distress. It is the Association’s aim to appoint road service stations where possible in all the country districts of Canterbury and the West Coast. The service will be open to all financial members who must be able to produce members’ tickets if asked to do so. The service does not cover ordinary repairs but is limited to emergency roadside repairs and adjustments and will consist of the provision of expeditious mechanical assistance within a radius of twenty miles by road from the contractor’s place of business. The contractor will be required to re-start the vehicle within an hour or, if necessary, to tow the car to the nearest road service station. If the car-owner’s place of residence is nearer to the scene of the breakdown than the service station he will have the option of being towed to his home. Petrol, water and oil will be supplied, the price being the same as charged at kerb stations, plus a charge of not more than 6d per mile travelled each way for delivery. The charge for delivery will not operate if the trouble is due to a mechanical fault. The service will not apply to a car that has been disabled and may become the subject of a claim under an insurance policy. So far twenty-five road service stations have been appointed, and these range from Kaikoura in the north to Hinds in the south and there are also stations on the West Coast.