Free on covered routes
Free roadside assistance in
Alabama: ASAP.
ALDOT's Alabama Service Assistance Patrol provides free roadside help and incident support on prescribed interstate routes in five metropolitan regions.
Official sources checked October 6, 2026ASAP vehicles patrol their assigned routes and are coordinated by regional traffic-management centers. Use ALGO Traffic for current coverage information and call 911 when a breakdown creates immediate danger.
Prescribed interstate routes in the Mobile, Montgomery, Birmingham, Huntsville and Tuscaloosa regions.
Routes and operating hours vary by ALDOT region. The current ALDOT program page links to the active coverage-and-hours map and warns that service is not guaranteed.
At a glance
Key facts about ASAP
This record separates the program operator, request method and actual patrol coverage so motorists can see what the published service does—and what it does not promise.
- Official program
- Alabama Service Assistance Patrol
- Operating agency
- Alabama Department of Transportation
- Published cost
- Free on covered routes
- Service area
- Prescribed interstate routes in the Mobile, Montgomery, Birmingham, Huntsville and Tuscaloosa regions.
- Request or dispatch route
- ASAP vehicles patrol their assigned routes and are coordinated by regional traffic-management centers. Use ALGO Traffic for current coverage information and call 911 when a breakdown creates immediate danger.
- Information checked
- October 6, 2026
Operator and base
Who runs ASAP
Alabama Department of Transportation administers or operates this public motorist-assistance program. The service works through mobile patrol vehicles and traffic-management dispatch rather than as a repair shop that motorists visit.
The official program material reviewed for this page does not publish a public walk-in patrol base. Use the request or dispatch method above rather than traveling to an agency office for roadside help.
Patrol footprint
Where and when the service operates
Prescribed interstate routes in the Mobile, Montgomery, Birmingham, Huntsville and Tuscaloosa regions.
Routes and operating hours vary by ALDOT region. The current ALDOT program page links to the active coverage-and-hours map and warns that service is not guaranteed.
The operating agency publishes coverage as a corridor, route or patrol-area description rather than a guaranteed pickup radius. A vehicle inside the described area is not guaranteed an available unit.
Published assistance
What ASAP can provide
These services are summarized from the operating agency's current public information. The attending operator decides what is safe and available at the scene.
- Flat-tire assistance
- Battery jump-start
- Disabled-vehicle and incident clearance
- Traffic control and emergency coordination
Before relying on it
Coverage and service limits
- Lane-blocking incidents take priority over routine motorist assistance.
- Help is limited to covered routes and staffed periods.
- Service is not guaranteed, even during published operating hours.
If you are stranded
What to do before help arrives
These steps combine the program's published request guidance with basic roadside-safety precautions. Conditions at the scene always take priority.
- 01
Move as far away from live traffic as safely possible and switch on the vehicle's hazard lights.
- 02
Use the published request method for this program: ASAP vehicles patrol their assigned routes and are coordinated by regional traffic-management centers. Use ALGO Traffic for current coverage information and call 911 when a breakdown creates immediate danger.
- 03
Call 911 for a crash, injury, fire, vehicle in a live lane or any other immediate danger.
Primary-source record
Check the operating agency
Routes, hours and program rules can change. Use the official sources below for the latest operating information.
