AA expects today to be 2015's busiest day for breakdowns

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The festive period may be a notoriously unhealthy one for us, but our cars can also suffer, as they spend much of the holiday parked up on the drive, claims the AA. As a result, the recovery service is forecasting that today will be one of its busiest days in 2015, as cars left sitting idle over Christmas are awakened as many drivers return – or at least, attempt to return – to work.