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Road safety and breakdown organisation GEM Motoring Assist is calling on all road users, including pedestrians, to ensure they do everything possible to assist emergency vehicles on blue light journeys. The advice follows the sacking today Friday 15th May 2015 for gross misconduct of a school crossing patrol ‘lollipop man’ in Luton, who ignored a […]
Road safety and breakdown organisation GEM Motoring Assist is calling on the new Conservative government to revitalise a commitment to road safety that disappeared during the course of the previous parliament. GEM chief executive David Williams MBE said: “Strong political leadership is essential to provide positive direction for the remainder of this decade and beyond. […]
On a day to day basis, it becomes all too easy to overlook the simple things that require checking on your car – such as oil, water, ancillary fluids, lights, tyres, tyre pressures etc. There’s so many that you could spend around 20 minutes before each journey giving it a good look over. We do […]
Brake, the road safety charity, has lent its support to a manifesto on criminal driving, launched at the Houses of Parliament in March 2015 by Leeds North West MP Greg Mulholland. The manifesto highlights serious problems with how the justice system deals with cases of criminal driving, and makes a number of recommendations for urgently-needed change, […]
Nine people have been caught by safety cameras in Scotland exceeding 120mph during 2014, according to the latest figures obtained by leading road safety charity the Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM). The charity made a Freedom of Information request to Police Scotland asking for details of the Top 20 cases of excessive speeding captured on […]
BBC News has a rather fascinating article on how the 30 miles per hour limit came in to force. You can read it here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-31904471. Did you know for example that in 1934 there were one tenth of the cars on the road that we have today but four times as many deaths? Here at Car […]
The Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM) is warning that despite 50 years of seat belt laws, far too many drivers and passengers are still putting themselves and others in great danger by not wearing seat belts. The first seat belt law came into force in January 1965, which saw all new cars in the UK […]
Road safety and breakdown organisation GEM Motoring Assist is urging motorists to make regular checks on tyres, to ensure tread depths are sufficient and pressures are correct. GEM chief executive David Williams MBE comments: “We rely on our tyres to keep us safe on journeys. After all, they provide the only contact between the car […]
Road safety and breakdown organisation GEM Motoring Assist is offering drivers a simple but effective New Year’s Resolution: make better choices and you’ll be playing your part to reduce risks and save lives. GEM chief executive David Williams MBE explains: “At this time of year, most of us make an extra effort to uphold a […]
Volvo, ever the innovators in the area of vehicle safety, have gone another step in attempting to wipe out road deaths. The latest technology being trialled is 360° view, designed to provide the driver with a full view around the car to eliminate any blind spots that the vehicle may have. The technology trial was […]