Keep Safe On Holiday Learn Not

Keep Safe On Holiday, Learn Not

Summary: GEM Motoring Assist (GEM), which is concerned for the safety of all road users, says that even mundane basics like knowing the single European emergency call number of goes unheeded by UK drivers travelling abroad.

The European Emergency Number Association established as the EU wide emergency number more than a decade a go, said David Williams, Chief Executive of GEM, But it is far from common knowledge among UK citizens who think will work everywhere. ...

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Article Body: GEM Motoring Assist (GEM), which is concerned for the safety of all road users, says that even mundane basics like knowing the single European emergency call number of goes unheeded by UK drivers travelling abroad.

The European Emergency Number Association established as the EU wide emergency number more than a decade a go, said David Williams, Chief Executive of GEM, But it is far from common knowledge among UK citizens who think will work everywhere.

More than million Europeans travel between EU countries every year and they cannot be expected to know or remember the emergency number of every member state. That is why learning is so important. Using it could save at least , lives around Europe every year.

To help confident driving when on holiday or business abroad GEM has produced a handy glove-box-sized guide called Your Introduction to Driving in Europe that is available free of charge as part of GEMs road safety charity work.

Apart from general guidance and preparing your vehicle before you travel it deals with what to do if things go wrong and gives a simple country by country guide to rules and regulations that apply in different nations. In Germany for instance it is an offence to make rude signs to other road users and an offence to run out of fuel on a motorway. However carrying a petrol can in a vehicle in Greece is forbidden. In Spain and Switzerland if you wear glasses for driving you must carry a spare pair in the car. In Norway there is zero tolerance for drinking and driving and on hilly roads vehicles travelling down hill have priority.

Your Introduction to Driving in Europe is available free from GEM. To receive a copy call or write to GEM Motoring Assist at Station Road, Forest Row, East Sussex, RH EN