Many of the breakdown cover organisations have names for the specific cover and for the AA it is just a simple “Roadside”. This is the basic roadside assistance option offered for the AA and is currently at a price from £28 per year.  For this price it is the vehicle that is covered not you as a person, so it does not matter who borrows the car, whoever is driving will be able to call the AA if they should breakdown and get a patrol man out to sort the issue.

There is a separate button to see if you car is under 10 years old, suggesting it may be more to cover an older car (even with a warning that misrepresenting the age of the car may invalid the policy), but today that button did not work so we have to assume it is the same price. The AA uses its own trained patrolmen rather than third party garages and claims to be the largest breakdown cover organisation offering dedicated patrols for roadside assistance in the UK.

There are some winter offers also available at the moment, where you can combine Roadside Assistance with other services, such as Relay, Home Rescue and Repair Package.

Please note, clearly these offers are only valid at the time of writing.