The association expanded its services over the years. The first AAA road maps were published in 1905, and AAA began printing hotel guides in 1917. AAA began its School Safety Patrol Program in 1920, and many driver safety programs followed in the decades to come. The AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, which conducts studies on motorist safety, was established as a separate entity in 1947.
The AAA has reciprocal arrangements with a range of international affiliates. In general, members of affiliates are offered the same benefits as members of the AAA while traveling in the United States, while AAA members are offered equivalent benefits while traveling in the territory of the affiliate.
The AAA has a mixed record with its support of motorist rights.
The AAA is known for occasional high profile motorist advisories of unreasonable traffic enforcement, such as when it rented a billboard to warn motorists of the speed trap town of Lawtey, Fl.[1]
However, the AAA has taken positions contrary to motorist rights. Prominent examples include:
AAA's lobbying positions are perceived by some as hostile to mass transit and environmental interests.
In response to these concerns, several competing organizations have emerged, including Better World Club. These organizations generally provide similar roadside assistance, trip planning and other services, in an environmentally friendly manner. This includes discounts for fuel-efficient vehicles and donations to environmental organizations.
| Club |
Headquarters |
Founded |
Territory |
Website |
| AAA Northern New England |
Portland, Maine |
|
Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont |
www.aaanne.com |
| AAA Southern New England[Note 1] |
Providence, Rhode Island |
1900 |
Rhode Island: all
Connecticut: New Haven, Fairfield and Litchfield Counties
Massachusetts: Bristol, Middlesex, Worcester, Berkshire, Plymouth, Suffolk, Barnstable, and Norfolk Counties |
www.aaa.com/aaa/240/sne/ |
AAA Allied Group
(Greater Hartford Area) |
West Hartford, Connecticut |
|
Connecticut: Hartford, Middlesex, New London, Tolland and Windham Counties |
www.aaahartford.com |
| AAA Pioneer Valley |
West Springfield, Massachusetts |
|
Massachusetts: Franklin, Hampden and Hampshire Counties |
www.aaa.com/aaa/045/pioneer |
| AAA Merrimack Valley |
Lawrence, Massachusetts |
|
Eastern Massachusetts, and Salem, New Hampshire |
www.aaa.com/aaa/042/merrimack |
| AAA Hudson Valley |
Albany, New York |
|
New York state: Albany County, Villages of Waterford and Stillwater, City of Mechanicville in Saratoga County and all of Rensselaer, Greene and Columbia Counties |
www.aaahv.com |
| AAA Northway |
Schenectady, New York |
|
New York state: Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Hamilton, Montgomery, Schenectady, Saratoga, Warren and Washington Counties |
www.aaa.com |
| AAA Western and Central New York |
Buffalo, New York |
|
New York state: Allegany, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chautauqua, Cortland, Erie, Genesee, Jefferson, Lewis, Livingston, Madison, Monroe, Niagara, Oneida, Onondaga, Ontario, Oswego, Schuyler, Seneca, Steuben, St. Lawrence, Tompkins, Wayne, Wyoming and Yates Counties |
www.nyaaa.com |
| AAA Southern New York |
Binghamton, New York |
|
New York state: Broome, Tioga and Chemung Counties |
www.aaa.com |
| AAA New York |
Garden City, New York |
|
New York state: Long Island, the five boroughs of New York City, and Westchester, Rockland, Sullivan, Ulster, Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Chenango, Delaware, Otsego, Schoharie and Herkimer counties, and parts of Lewis, Madison and Oneida Counties |
www.aaa.com |
| AAA North Jersey |
Wayne, New Jersey |
|
New Jersey: Bergen, Hudson and Passaic Counties |
www.aaa.com |
| New Jersey Automobile Club |
Florham Park, New Jersey |
|
New Jersey: Essex, Morris and Union Counties |
www.aaa.com |
| AAA South Jersey |
Voorhees, New Jersey |
|
|
www.aaasj.com |
East Penn Region
of AAA East Central |
Allentown, Pennsylvania |
|
Pennsylvania: All of Lehigh County, and parts of Bucks, Carbon, Chester, Montgomery and Northampton counties |
www.aaaeastpenn.com |
| AAA Northampton County |
Easton, Pennsylvania |
|
Pennsylvania: Greater Easton area, the eastern municipalities and townships (Bethlehem, Bushkill, Forks, Lower and Upper Nazareth, Lower and Upper Mt. Bethel, Lower Saucon, Moore, and Williams) in Northampton County, and northeastern Bucks County |
www.aaa.com |
| AAA Reading-Berks |
Reading, Pennsylvania |
|
Pennsylvania: Berks County |
www.aaa.com |
| AAA North Penn |
Scranton, Pennsylvania |
|
Pennsylvania: Lackawanna, Monroe, Lycoming, Wayne, Bradford, Susquehanna, Pike, Tioga, Wyoming, Potter and Sullivan Counties |
www.aaa.com |
| AAA Central Penn |
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania |
|
Pennsylvania: Adams, Cumberland, Dauphin, Huntingdon, Juniata, Lancaster, Lebanon, Mifflin, and Perry Counties |
www.aaa.com/aaa/195/web |
| AAA Susquehanna Valley |
Sunbury, Pennsylvania |
|
Pennsylvania: Northumberland, Union and Snyder Counties, except West Beaver Township and McClure |
www.aaa.com |
| AAA Southern Pennsylvania |
York, Pennsylvania |
|
Pennsylvania: York, Franklin, Fulton, Bedford, Clearfield, Cambria, Clinton, Centre, northern Somerset and western Cumberland Counties |
www.aaa.com/aaa/238/reed |
| AAA Schuylkill County |
Pottsville, Pennsylvania |
|
Pennsylvania: Schuylkill County |
www.aaa.com |
| AAA Mid-Atlantic |
Wilmington, Delaware |
|
Delaware, Maryland, Washington D.C., and parts of Virginia, Pennsylvania and New Jersey |
www.aaamidatlantic.com |
| AAA Tidewater Virginia |
Virginia Beach, Virginia |
|
|
www.aaatidewaterva.com |
| AAA Carolinas |
Charlotte, North Carolina |
|
North Carolina and South Carolina |
www.aaacarolinas.com |
| Auto Club South |
Tampa, Florida |
|
Florida, Georgia, Middle and West Tennessee, and Puerto Rico |
www.aaasouth.com |
| AAA Alabama |
Birmingham, Alabama |
|
Alabama |
www.aaa.com |
| AAA East Tennessee |
Knoxville, Tennesee |
|
Tennessee: Anderson, Blount, Bradley, Campbell, Carter, Claiborne, Cocke, Grainger, Greene, Hamblen, Hancock, Hawkins, Jefferson, Johnson, Knox, Loudon, McMinn, Meigs, Monroe, Morgan, Polk, Rhea, Roane, Scott, Sevier, Sullivan, Unicoi, Union and Washington Counties |
www.aaaet.com |
AAA Allied Group
(Bluefield Region) |
|
|
West Virginia: McDowell, Mercer, Monroe, Summers, Wyoming Counties
Virginia: Bland, Buchanan, Dickenson, Giles, Lee, Russell, Scott, Tazewell, Wise Counties and City of Norton |
www.aaabluegrass.com |
AAA Allied Group
(Bluegrass Region) |
Lexington, Kentucky |
|
Kentucky: Bath, Bell, Bourbon, Boyd, Boyle, Breathitt, Carter, Clark, Clay, Elliott, Estill, Fayette, Floyd, Franklin, Garrard, Greenup, Harlan, Jackson, Jessamine, Johnson, Knott, Knox, Laurel, Lawrence, Lee, Leslie, Letcher, Lincoln, Madison, Magoffin, Martin, McCreary, Menifee, Mercer, Montgomery, Morgan, Nicholas, Owsley, Perry, Pike, Powell, Pulaski, Rockcastle, Scott, Whitley, Wolfe, Woodford Counties |
www.aaabluegrass.com |
AAA Allied Group
(Southern West Virginia) |
Charleston, West Virginia |
|
West Virginia: Boone, Clay, Fayette, Greenbrier, Kanawha, Nicholas and Raleigh counties |
www.aaaswva.com |
| AAA East Central[Note 2] |
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
1900 |
Parts of Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia |
www.aaacentral.com |
| Akron Auto Club |
Akron, Ohio |
|
Ohio: Summit County (except Barberton) |
www.aaa.com |
| Ohio Auto Club |
Worthington, Ohio |
|
Ohio: Allen, Auglaize, Belmont, Butler, Carroll, Coshocton, Crawford, Delaware, Erie, Fairfield, Franklin, Guernsey, Hardin, Harrison, Holmes, Knox, Licking, Logan, Madison, , Marion, Medina, Mercer, Monroe, Morgan, Muskingum, Perry, Pickaway, Putnam, Richland, Sandusky, Seneca, Stark, Summit, Union, Van Wert, Wayne, Wyandot Counties |
www.aaaohio.com |
AAA Allied Group
(Cincinnati Tri-State Area) |
Cincinnati, Ohio |
|
Ohio: Brown, Clermont, Clinton, Hamilton and Warren Counties
Kentucky: Boone, Bracken, Campbell, Carroll, Fleming, Gallatin, Grant, Harrison, Kenton, Lewis, Mason, Owen, Pendleton, Robertson and Rowan Counties
Indiana: Dearborn, Franklin, Jefferson, Ohio, Ripley and Switzerland Counties |
www.aaacincinnati.com |
| AAA Miami Valley |
Dayton, Ohio |
|
Ohio: Montgomery, Greene, Clark, Champaign, Preble and Darke Counties |
www.aaaohio.com |
AAA Allied Group
(Miami County, Ohio) |
Piqua, Ohio |
|
Ohio: Miami County |
www.aaamiamicounty.com |
| Findlay Automobile Club |
Findlay, Ohio |
|
Ohio: Hancock County |
www.aaa.com |
| AAA Northwest Ohio |
Toledo, Ohio |
|
Ohio: Lucas, Wood, Ottawa, Defiance, Paulding, Williams, Fulton and Henry Counties |
www.aaanwohio.com |
| AAA Michigan[Note 3] |
Dearborn, Michigan |
|
Michigan |
www.autoclubgroup.com/michigan/ |
| Hoosier Motor Club |
Indianapolis, Indiana |
|
Indiana: Bartholomew, Benton, Boone, Brown, Carroll, Clark, Clay, Clinton, Decatur, Delaware, Fayette, Floyd, Fountain, Greene, Hamilton, Hancock, Harrison, Hendricks, Henry, Howard, Jackson, Jasper, Jennings, Johnson, Lawrence, Madison, Marion, Monroe, Montgomery, Morgan, Newton, Orange, Owen, Parke, Pulaski, Putnam, Rush, Scott, Shelby, Starke, Sullivan, Tippecanoe, Tipton, Union, Vermillion, Vigo, Warren, Washington and Wayne Counties |
www.aaahoosier.com |
| Chicago Motor Club[Note 3] |
Aurora, Illinois |
|
Illinois: Adams, Boone, Brown, Bureau, Carroll, Cass, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Coles, Cook, Crawford, Cumberland, De Witt, DeKalb, Douglas, DuPage, Edgar, Effingham, Fayette, Ford, Fulton, Grundy, Hancock, Henderson, Henry, Iroquois, Jasper, Jo Daviess, Kane, Kankakee, Kendall, Knox, La Salle, Lake, Lawrence, Lee, Livingston, Logan, Macon, Macoupin, Marshall, Mason, McDonough, McHenry, McLean, Menard, Mercer, Montgomery, Morgan, Moultrie, Ogle, Peoria, Piatt, Pike, Putnam, Richland, Rock Island, Sangamon, Schuyler, Scott, Shelby, Stark, Stephenson, Tazewell, Vermillion, Warren, Whiteside, Will, Winnebago and Woodford Counties
Indiana: Adams, Allen, Blackford, Cass, DeKalb, Elkhart, Fulton, Grant, Huntington, Jay, Kosciusko, LaPorte, Lagrange, Lake, Marshall, Miami, Noble, Porter, Randolph, St. Joseph, Steuben, Wabash, Wells, and Whitley Counties |
www.autoclubgroup.com/chicago/ |
| AAA Wisconsin[Note 3] |
Madison, Wisconsin |
|
Wisconsin |
www.autoclubgroup.com/wisconsin/ |
| AAA Minnesota/Iowa[Note 3] |
Burnsville, Minnesota |
|
Iowa: all
Minnesota: Aitkin, Anoka, Becker, Beltrami, Benton, Big Stone, Blue Earth, Brown, Carlton, Carver, Cass, Chippewa, Chisago, Clay, Clearwater, Cook, Cottonwood, Crow Wing, Dakota, Dodge, Douglas, Faribault, Fillmore, Freeborn, Goodhue, Grant, Houston, Hubbard, Isanti, Itasca, Jackson, Kanabec, Kandiyohi, Kittson, Koochiching, Lac qui Parle, Lake, Lake of the Woods, Le Sueur, Lincoln, Lyon, Mahnomen, Marshall, Martin, McLeod, Meeker, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Mower, Murray, Nicollet, Nobles, Norman, Olmsted, Otter Tail, Pennington, Pine, Pipestone, Polk, Pope, Ramsey, Red Lake, Redwood, Renville, Rice, Rock, Roseau, Scott, Sherburne, Sibley, St. Louis, Stearns, Steele, Stevens, Swift, Todd, Traverse, Wabasha, Wadena, Waseca, Washington, Watonwan, Wilkin, Winona, Wright, and Yellow Medicine Counties |
www.autoclubgroup.com/mnia/ |
| AAA Minneapolis |
Minneapolis, Minnesota |
1902 |
Minnesota: Hennepin County, Columbia Heights, Hilltop, Fridley, & Spring Lake Park |
www.aaa.com |
| AAA Nebraska[Note 3] |
Omaha, Nebraska |
|
Nebraska |
www.autoclubgroup.com/nebraska/ |
| AAA Missouri |
St. Louis, Missouri |
|
Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi
Kansas: Atchison, Brown, Doniphan, Johnson and Wyandotte Counties
Illinois: Alexander, Bond, Calhoun, Clinton, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Greene, Hamilton, Hardin, Jackson, Jefferson, Jersey, Johnson, Madison, Marion, Massac, Monroe, Perry, Pope, Pulaski, Randolph, St. Clair, Saline, Union, Wabash, Washington, Wayne, White and Williamson Counties
Indiana: Crawford, Daviess, Dubois, Gibson, Knox, Martin, Perry, Pike, Posey, Spencer, Vanderburgh and Warrick Counties
Texarkana, Texas |
www.ouraaa.com |
AAA Allied Group
(Kansas) |
Topeka, Kansas |
|
Kansas, except Atchison, Brown, Doniphan, Johnson and Wyandotte Counties |
www.aaakansas.com |
| AAA South Dakota[Note 4] |
Sioux Falls, South Dakota |
|
South Dakota |
www.aaasouthdakota.com |
| AAA North Dakota[Note 3] |
Fargo, North Dakota |
|
North Dakota |
www.autoclubgroup.com/nodak/ |
| AAA Oklahoma |
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
|
Oklahoma |
www.aaaoklahoma.com |
| AAA Texas[Note 5] |
Dallas, Texas |
|
Texas, except Texarkana |
www.aaa-texas.com |
| California State Automobile Association |
San Francisco, California |
|
California: Alameda, Alpine, Amador, Butte, Calaveras, Colusa, Contra Costa, Del Norte, El Dorado,
Fresno, Glenn, Humboldt, Kings, Lake, Lassen, Madera, Marin, Mariposa, Mendocino, Merced, Modoc, Monterey, Napa, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Sacramento, San Benito, San Francisco, San Joaquin, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Solano, Sonoma, Stanislaus, Sutter, Tehama, Trinity, Tuolumne, Yolo and Yuba Counties
Nevada and Utah: all
|
www.csaa.com |
| Automobile Club of Southern California |
Costa Mesa, California |
1900 |
California: Inyo, Imperial, Kern, Los Angeles, Mono, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Tulare and Ventura Counties |
www.aaa-calif.com |
| AAA New Mexico[Note 5] |
Albuquerque, New Mexico |
|
New Mexico |
www.aaa-newmexico.com |
| AAA Colorado |
Denver, Colorado |
|
Colorado |
www.aaacolorado.com |
| AAA MountainWest |
Helena, Montana |
|
Alaska, Montana, Wyoming |
www.aaamtw.com |
| AAA Oregon/Idaho |
Portland, Oregon |
|
Oregon and southern Idaho |
www.aaaorid.com |
| AAA Washington |
Bellevue, Washington |
|
Washington and northern Idaho |
www.aaawa.com |
| AAA Hawaii[Note 5] |
Honolulu, Hawaii |
|
Hawaii |
www.aaa-hawaii.com |