The GEM Blog
New study shows women are better at parking
Posted on February 2nd, 2012, by James Luckhurst, in Motoring News
AT LAST, GEM can offer the definitive answer to a question that has dogged humanity for decades: who are better at parking – men or women? One stereotype had spawned countless jokes – and became a truth universally acknowledged by men across the land – women were the less proficient gender when it came to parking a car. But that was wrong, if a new study from NCP is to … read more
Real Life Road Safety: Heading for Trouble
Posted on January 30th, 2012, by James Luckhurst, in Road Safety Articles
JACKIE BELL, 41, was stopped by a police officer as she joined a motorway in the south of England. She had been exceeding a temporary speed limit and was not wearing a seatbelt. She was driving a four-year-old, 1.2-litre company car. Jackie explained that she covers 600-700 miles per week. Her job involves emptying pub slot machines. She has nine points on her licence, all from speeding, and had collected … read more
GEM App-solutely delighted
Posted on January 26th, 2012, by motoringassist, in Press Releases
Already proving to be a popular tool with its members, GEM Motoring Assist’s new iPhone and Android app has been voted ‘App of the Week’ this week in Auto Express magazine. No.1 for breakdown cover GEM launched its new iPhone and Android App at the end of last year, giving customers added reassurance and assistance when on the roads. Free to download from iTunes and the Android market, the must-have … read more
‘Appy news: GEM Motoring Assist wins App of the Week
Posted on January 26th, 2012, by motoringassist, in Breakdown Advice, Motoring News
It’s always nice to get some recognition for the work we do to improve road safety, so we were delighted to win this week’s Auto Express ‘App of the Week’. Many of the members we provide breakdown cover to can already vouch for the extra reassurance and expert assistance this app provides them with. The GEM Motoring Assist app is free to download from iTunes and the Android market and … read more
GEM APP- SOLUTELY DELIGHTED
Posted on January 26th, 2012, by motoringassist, in Press Releases
Already proving to be a popular tool with its members, GEM Motoring Assist’s new iPhone and Android app has been voted ‘App of the Week’ this week in Auto Express magazine. No.1 for breakdown cover GEM launched its new iPhone and Android App at the end of last year, giving customers added reassurance and assistance when on the roads. Free to download from iTunes and the Android market, the must-have … read more
A GEM of an App
Posted on January 25th, 2012, by motoringassist, in Press Releases
No.1 for breakdown cover, GEM Motoring Assist has launched its iPhone and Android App this week, giving customers added reassurance and assistance when on the roads. Free to download fromiTunes and the Android market, the new must-have App with user-friendly menu features invaluable tools such as ‘Traffic Updates’, an ‘Assist Me’ GPS locater and handy Renewal tab. Breaking down somewhere unfamiliar can be daunting, but with the new GEM App, … read more
GEM announces latest competition winners
Posted on January 24th, 2012, by motoringassist, in Competitions
***Update: our twitter followers have shot up to 1000! We are very proud and excited and will try hard to keep you all entertained! Congratulations to our 1000th follower Adelle Blake @_AdelleB_ who wins a whole years’ free breakdown cover. Follow GEM on Twitter and win breakdown cover There are many advantages of following us on Twitter – for instance, you get to hear all the latest motoring news and safety … read more
Guess the car
Posted on January 24th, 2012, by Rob Marshall, in Competitions
The first competition of the year sees us staying inside but within which car are we sitting? Following the healthy response to last month’s competition, many people guessed Triumph Dolomite Sprint. The answer is almost correct; the pictured car lacked the front spoiler, making it a stock Triumph Dolomite.
Commons Time Wasting May Cost Lives
Posted on January 24th, 2012, by motoringassist, in Press Releases
Tuesday 24th January: Lighter Later, the campaign to stop the practice of daylight saving, received a massive blow today, which according to road safety supporter, GEM Motoring Assist, could be putting road users lives at risk. Despite having the support of more than 90 organisations in favour of the bill, and 120 MP’s who all voted to pass the motion, (just 10 attending MPs were against) somehow, due to what … read more
Should ‘Top Gear’ have stayed at home?
Posted on January 23rd, 2012, by Rob Marshall, in Motoring News
Even though December seems such a long time ago now, I find myself dedicating my first GEM Motoring Assist blog of the year to one of the biggest let-downs of my Christmas. Although festive television’s tastiest morsel for my parents used to be the Morecambe And Wise Show, I would have thought things might have moved on a bit from the 1970s. Yet, as I found myself trawling through the … read more
