Good Motoring Magazine
Good Motoring, the quarterly magazine for members of GEM Motoring Assist, offers a superb line-up of news, features and interviews. Attracting contributions from nationally-acclaimed journalists and industry experts, it offers a fresh, stimulating approach to a wide range of motoring, travel and leisure topics. It is also the showcase for GEM Motoring Assist's road safety charity projects.
Each edition contains a competition with a high-level prize, while its recently-expanded correspondence pages reflect the diverse opinions and eye-catching ideas of GEM Motoring Assist's members. Great care is taken to ensure its editorial content is original and offers real value for readers.
Here's a preview of the items featured in the Summer 2012 edition!
What was happening in the world in 1932? There were around 7,000 road deaths (nearly four times that of 2010, in spite of traffic volumes being just 8% of current levels). The first Mars bars were produced in Slough and sold for 2d each. The price of a gallon of petrol was less than 1s 8d. And Sydney Harbour Bridge opened to traffic. We paint a colourful picture of how things were 80 years ago, and our year-by-year journey through the past eight decades includes memorable highlights such as the introduction of compulsory seatbelts, the breathalyzer and ABS brakes. Can you guess the years? Read on and find out!
The boom in electronic route planning and satellite navigation has not yet managed to toll the knell of traditional road atlases. There’s still a good market - and plenty of choice when it comes to formats, bindings, colours and mapping. So, which is the one that will best assist in getting you where you want to go? David Stokes has tested six current atlases in an attempt to suggest what’s worth looking out for on the bookshelves.
Three recent early journeys to London gave James the chance to appraise three cars currently exempt from the city’s £10 congestion charge. On test were a Volvo S40, a Skoda Fabia Greenline and a Toyota Auris petrol/electric hybrid.