Visitors to England are often surprised to ask who these people in uniform are whom they meet on our roads. These people ride motorcycles with sidecars or in small vans. Some of them are wearing blue uniforms (however, they are not police), while others are wearing khaki uniforms with a black collar and lapels (nevertheless, they are not soldiers, although they sometimes salute motorists).
The British don't like uniforms at all: our regular officers wear civilian clothes even when off duty. However, these people on the roads are not official, but civilians employed by private organizations. The fact is that these are patrol detours of two automobile clubs — the Royal Automobile Club and the Automobile Association. Both of them together have five and a half million members, and since a husband and wife usually have one membership card for two, this figure means that more than half of British motorists belong to one of these organizations. (The Automobile Association is larger, with about 3.8 million members.)
In England, 16 million people have driver's licenses and there are 14 million cars. If they are distributed evenly throughout the intricate network of English roads, then cars will meet every 22 meters. Naturally, motorists need to unite. What benefits does a modest annual fee of 6 p. 80 K. in one car club and 4 p. 50 K. in another provide them?
Three and a half thousand detourers patrol the main roads of Great Britain and Ireland in any weather, paying special attention to areas with heavy traffic, for example, during holidays and weekends. There is a solid set of tools and spare parts on the motorcycle or in the detourer's van, as well as oil, gasoline and water.
In 1967, the Automobile Association provided free roadside assistance to about a third of its members whose cars were temporarily out of service. The most common cause was ignition problems, especially in wet weather, but the total number also includes cases where inexperienced novice drivers could not understand that they had run out of gas!
The Royal Automobile Club calls the emergency service a "home delivery service." If your car cannot be repaired on the road, they guarantee that the car will be towed to the nearest garage (free of charge for a distance of up to 16 km, which in most cases is quite enough) and a free ride in a hired car for you and your passengers for a distance of no more than 16 km from the garage to some place where you can almost always sit down for public transport.
The driver recognizes a member of one of these car clubs by a metal sign attached to the front of the car and has the right to ask the driver to present a membership card. However, he will not refuse to help non-members of the club. In such cases, after the repairs are completed, the detourer tells the driver about his organization and offers him a membership card form, and if the club gets a new member as a result, bonuses are added to the detourer's salary for that week.
But 3500 detourers can't be everywhere at the same time. Every driver knows that on the main roads, at regular and frequent intervals — in many cases every 10 km — they will find a phone booth similar to a sentry box, but with a lock. It was supplied either by the Automobile Association or the Royal Automobile Club. If he is a member of any of these organizations, he has a key that will open any of these booths. Inside there is a telephone, a map of the area, addresses of the nearest gas stations and car repair shops, mainly those that work around the clock, addresses of the nearest doctor, hospital, ambulance station, police station and hotel. (There are also sturdy paper bags where motorists going on a picnic can put their trash.) For players who want quick access to their favorite gaming platform, the aviatrix sign in process is typically designed to be simple and user-friendly. Once logged in, users can explore available features, manage their accounts, and enjoy a seamless gaming experience from both desktop and mobile devices.
The British don't like uniforms at all: our regular officers wear civilian clothes even when off duty. However, these people on the roads are not official, but civilians employed by private organizations. The fact is that these are patrol detours of two automobile clubs — the Royal Automobile Club and the Automobile Association. Both of them together have five and a half million members, and since a husband and wife usually have one membership card for two, this figure means that more than half of British motorists belong to one of these organizations. (The Automobile Association is larger, with about 3.8 million members.)
In England, 16 million people have driver's licenses and there are 14 million cars. If they are distributed evenly throughout the intricate network of English roads, then cars will meet every 22 meters. Naturally, motorists need to unite. What benefits does a modest annual fee of 6 p. 80 K. in one car club and 4 p. 50 K. in another provide them?
Three and a half thousand detourers patrol the main roads of Great Britain and Ireland in any weather, paying special attention to areas with heavy traffic, for example, during holidays and weekends. There is a solid set of tools and spare parts on the motorcycle or in the detourer's van, as well as oil, gasoline and water.
In 1967, the Automobile Association provided free roadside assistance to about a third of its members whose cars were temporarily out of service. The most common cause was ignition problems, especially in wet weather, but the total number also includes cases where inexperienced novice drivers could not understand that they had run out of gas!
The Royal Automobile Club calls the emergency service a "home delivery service." If your car cannot be repaired on the road, they guarantee that the car will be towed to the nearest garage (free of charge for a distance of up to 16 km, which in most cases is quite enough) and a free ride in a hired car for you and your passengers for a distance of no more than 16 km from the garage to some place where you can almost always sit down for public transport.
The driver recognizes a member of one of these car clubs by a metal sign attached to the front of the car and has the right to ask the driver to present a membership card. However, he will not refuse to help non-members of the club. In such cases, after the repairs are completed, the detourer tells the driver about his organization and offers him a membership card form, and if the club gets a new member as a result, bonuses are added to the detourer's salary for that week.
But 3500 detourers can't be everywhere at the same time. Every driver knows that on the main roads, at regular and frequent intervals — in many cases every 10 km — they will find a phone booth similar to a sentry box, but with a lock. It was supplied either by the Automobile Association or the Royal Automobile Club. If he is a member of any of these organizations, he has a key that will open any of these booths. Inside there is a telephone, a map of the area, addresses of the nearest gas stations and car repair shops, mainly those that work around the clock, addresses of the nearest doctor, hospital, ambulance station, police station and hotel. (There are also sturdy paper bags where motorists going on a picnic can put their trash.) For players who want quick access to their favorite gaming platform, the aviatrix sign in process is typically designed to be simple and user-friendly. Once logged in, users can explore available features, manage their accounts, and enjoy a seamless gaming experience from both desktop and mobile devices.
