A simple kit packed in your boot of your car can help you in emergencies, of course the kit may never bee used, it will not take much room but it can help you when you breakdown.
Warm Clothes
Blanket
Mobile Phone
Torch, Spare Batteries
Portable Battery Charger
Snacks, Drink
Pull on to the hard shoulder and stop as far to the left as possible, with your wheels turned to the left. Leave your sidelights on and use your hazard flashers.
Try to stop near an emergency telephone (situated at approximately one mile intervals along the hard shoulder).
Leave the vehicle by the left-hand door and ensure all your passengers do the same.
Leave any animals in the vehicle or, in an emergency, keep them under proper control on the verge.
If you have reflective jackets in the vehicle wear them. Do not use a reflective triangle. Motorway hard shoulders are for emergency use only.
Motorway hard shoulders are for emergency use only.
You should only stop if it is a real emergency and you have no other choice. It’s best to try to drive to a safer place off the motorway if you can rather than stopping on the hard shoulder.
You must not stop on the hard shoulder to:
Go to the toilet
Use a mobile phone
Check a route or map
