The green AA
I always found the AA's Very Nice Men and the RAC's Knights of the Road mildly disturbing, so it's good to see there's an alternative in breakdown land in the shape of ETA. Naturally, it offers roadside assistance - at £40 to the AA's £45, complete with a one hour guarantee - but it's also an out-and-out greenie company. For a start, it undertakes eco transport research, lobbies government on reducing car use and offsets its own emissions with energy effiency projects in the developing world. It even actively attempts to raise our awareness of car overuse and why public transport's good - presumably doing itself out of punters in the process - and recommends you offset your driving at £2.80 for every 1,000 miles. Finally, it hosts a mighty handy online guide to which cars have the best MPG - Honda's Civic IMA hybrid is currently sitting at number one. ETA
I have been with the ETA for a while and had to use them a couple of times. They have been really good. Polite well organised and efficient.
I also agree with thier concept that a car is very much part of modern life but we should do all we can to minimise its use and impact.
john
Posted by: john | December 7, 2005 9:35 PM