• Road fatality figures make grim reading
    • 30/05/2023
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Provisional government figures show there were 1,695 road deaths in Great Britain during 2022, a year-on-year rise of nine per cent. GEM Motoring Assist chief executive Neil Worth said: “These disappointing figures show how much needs to be done if we are ever to see sustained, long-term reductions in the number [...]
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  • Habits of angry drivers revealed
    • 11/04/2023
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    New research by the University of Warwick has identified characteristics of aggressive driving. In the first study to systematically identify aggressive driving behaviours, scientists measured the changes in driving that occur in an aggressive state. Published in Accident Analysis and Prevention, the report [...]
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  • Drivers still unmoved by ADAS
    • 24/02/2023
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    ADAS technology can reduce car crashes by up to 24%, but motorists are still unconvinced by its benefits. According to research carried out by fleet specialist Venson Automotive Solutions, nearly three quarters (73%) of drivers would use parking assistance if they had it, but many other ADAS features designed to [...]
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  • GEM backs Road Safety Week
    • 14/11/2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Road safety and breakdown recovery organisation GEM Motoring Assist is encouraging every road user to get involved in Road Safety Week, which runs from 14-20 November. The theme for Road Safety Week, organised by the road safety charity Brake, is ‘safe roads for all’, something fully supported by GEM, with [...]
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  • New guide published to aid tyre management
    • 25/07/2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    A new technical guide has been produced to help commercial fleets reduce operating costs by making better decisions around tyre management. Released by Falken, the ‘Technical Support - Commercial Tyre Guide’ has been published specifically for truck and bus operators. The guide addresses questions such as: [...]
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