Photo: GettyAA Roadservice has recorded a record day of callouts after nearly five weeks of lockdown - most calls being for a flat battery. AA's General Manager of Roadside Solutions Bashir Khan said the company normally attends 1200 callouts for breakdown assistance in a 24-hour period. But by 4pm on the first day of Alert Level 3, it had already attended more than 1500 callouts, and the AA Roadservice app had been flooded with requests. Around 80 percent of the callouts were battery related, Khan said. The AA team was now working through a backlog of calls and Khan asked customers to only call for assistance in urgent situations.

Source: Otago Daily Times April 28, 2020 06:33 UTC