If you experience a breakdown, what should you do first?

When you experience a breakdown, the first critical step to ensure safety is to turn on your emergency flashers. This alerts other drivers that your vehicle is not functioning and that there may be a hazard on the roadway. By activating your emergency flashers, you significantly increase your vehicle’s visibility, allowing other motorists to steer clear and take precautions.

Moving the vehicle off the roadway, if possible, is also important for safety; however, it's not always feasible depending on the situation. Therefore, signaling your predicament with emergency lights is the first action you should take. After that, other safety measures like moving the vehicle or getting passengers out can be addressed.