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Taking A Holiday Journey? Get Your Basics Right…

July 17, 2019 by Mr Butterscotch Leave a Comment

Road safety and breakdown cover specialist GEM Motoring Assist has published a brand new series of short ‘how to’ videos that set out the basics of car maintenance tasks you can do at home. The five videos, each lasting a couple of minutes, feature presenter Katy Brody offering friendly, practical tips on home MOT checks, […]

Filed Under: Maintenance & Breakdown Tagged With: Car Articles, Car tyre pressures, GEM, GEM Motoring Assist, Katy Brody, MOT checks, Neil Worth, Tyre, Tyre pressures, Tyre tread levels

Hot Cars Mean Hot Dogs…

June 26, 2019 by Mr Butterscotch Leave a Comment

GEM Motoring Assist is encouraging pet owners to ensure their animals are safe and comfortable on car journeys this week. The call comes as humid conditions will send temperatures soaring as high as 34C in the coming few days. GEM road safety officer Neil Worth warns that it’s both dangerous and illegal to leave an […]

Filed Under: Driving Advice Tagged With: Animal Welfare Act 2006, Car Articles, Driving advice, GEM, GEM Motoring Assist, Hot weather and dogs in cars, Keep dogs safe on car journeys, Pets and driving

Do Hay Fever Medications Impact Your Ability To Drive?

June 19, 2019 by Mr Butterscotch Leave a Comment

GEM Motoring Assist is warning of a significant rise in pollen levels across much of the UK this week, with the arrival of warmer weather. GEM is urging drivers who take hay fever remedies to check their medicines carefully before getting behind the wheel, and to be aware of the possible effects these drugs can […]

Filed Under: Driving Advice Tagged With: Car Articles, Car driving advice, Check medications for driving, Driving advice, Drugs and driving, GEM, GEM Motoring Assist, Hay fever driving advice, How does hay fever affect driving, Impaired driving and medication, Medicine, Medicine and driving advice, Medicines and driving

Global Road Safety Week – Let’s All Reduce Collisions

May 3, 2019 by Mr Butterscotch Leave a Comment

Road safety and breakdown organisation GEM Motoring Assist is using the forthcoming UN Global Road Safety Week as an opportunity to encourage all drivers and riders to consider the risks they face (and the risks they pose) on their daily journeys, and to find ways of reducing those risks. The Fifth UN Global Road Safety […]

Filed Under: Daily News Tagged With: Car Articles, Daily News, GEM, GEM Motoring Assist, Neil Worth, Road Safety Week, UN Global Road Safety Week, WHO, World Health Organisation

GEM Calls For Harsher Penalties On Points Totters

February 28, 2019 by Mr Butterscotch Leave a Comment

Road safety and breakdown organisation GEM Motoring Assist is urging courts across the country to get tough on drivers and riders who accumulate 12 penalty points on their licences. The call comes as a further example emerges of a driver who successfully invoked the ‘exceptional hardship’ excuse and managed to persuade magistrates that he should […]

Filed Under: Editorial Tagged With: Brake, Car Articles, Driving licences, GEM, GEM Motoring Assist, Penalty points on licences, Points on driving licences, Totting up

Going For Dry January? Try Some Other Ideas For Safer Motoring In 2019

December 31, 2018 by Mr Butterscotch Leave a Comment

GEM Motoring Assist is urging all road users to put safety at the top of their 2019 agenda. The call comes as we once again prepare to make those well-intentioned turn-of-the-year pledges to do more of this or less of that. Thinking about road safety makes particularly good sense in January. After all, there is […]

Filed Under: Driving Advice Tagged With: Car Articles, Driving tips, Driving tips into 2019, GEM, GEM Motoring Assist, How to drive safely, Road safety advice, safe driving tips

How To Drive Safely When Black Ice Threatens

December 19, 2018 by Mr Butterscotch Leave a Comment

GEM Motoring Assist is encouraging motorists to ensure they – and their vehicles – are ready for the potential challenges of driving in winter. In this fourth of four advice notices, GEM road safety officer Neil Worth answers questions on driving safely when black ice may be a risk: Why is it called ‘black’ ice? […]

Filed Under: Driving Advice Tagged With: Black ice, Car Articles, Driving advice, Driving on black ice, Driving on ice, Driving safely on black ice, GEM, GEM Motoring Assist, How to drive on black ice

Safer Driving In Snow

December 5, 2018 by Mr Butterscotch Leave a Comment

Road safety and breakdown organisation GEM Motoring Assist is encouraging motorists to ensure they – and their vehicles – are ready for the potential challenges of driving in winter. In this second of four advice notices, GEM road safety officer Neil Worth answers questions on driving safely in times of snow: What is a safe […]

Filed Under: Driving Advice Tagged With: Car Articles, Driving advice, GEM, GEM Motoring Assist, How to drive in snow, Low traction driving, Neil Worth, Safe speed for driving in snow, Winter driving advice

GEM Offers Snow, Sleet And Ice Warning…

November 19, 2018 by Mr Butterscotch Leave a Comment

Road safety and breakdown organisation GEM Motoring Assist is urging motorists to take extra care, with plunging temperatures and winter weather predicted this week. Road journeys are more difficult and treacherous when there is ice on roads, foggy conditions or a fall of snow. GEM is encouraging drivers to make good use of some simple […]

Filed Under: Driving Advice Tagged With: Driving advice, Foggy driving conditions, GEM, GEM driving advice, GEM Motoring Assist, How to drive in winter, How to drive safely, Winter driving advice, Winter weather driving

GEM Offers Top Tips On Speed Limits

November 4, 2018 by Mr Butterscotch Leave a Comment

Road safety and breakdown organisation GEM Motoring Assist is today issuing a series of simple tips for drivers to ensure they don’t exceed speed limits. This, says GEM, is not only a key part of reducing collisions and casualties on our roads, but it should also help drivers keep their cash in their wallets. After […]

Filed Under: Driving Advice Tagged With: Car Articles, Driving, Driving advice, Driving advice and speed limits, GEM Motoring Assist, How to drive safely in the speed limit, Insurance cost of penalty points, Neil Worth, Penalty points, Speed limit signage, Speed limits

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