automotive services founded 1932 as the company of veteran motorists headquarters east sussex united kingdom services road safety and motoring advice breakdown assistance website www.motoringassist.com gem motoring assist is a road safety and breakdown recovery organisation based in the uk . it was formed in 1932 as the company of veteran motorists and operated under this name until 1983 when it was renamed the guild of experienced motorists as a symbolic brand name . in 2004 the name was amended to gem motoring assist as it is known today which reflects its position as a provider of assistance to its members in all matters relating to motoring . 1 gem provides motoring and safety literature for the general public from their website 2 in addition to offering its members breakdown cover . since 2004 viscount simon has been president of the organisation as well as trustee of the gem road safety charity which funds the organisations campaigning and road safety activities . in 2011 2010 and 2008 gem motoring assist has been the winner of the auto express award for best breakdown provider as well as second place in 2009 . 3 gem first began offering breakdown services in 1978 to club members . it operates a 24 hour rescue control centre to arrange assistance from a nationwide network of over 6 000 recovery vehicles . as well as offering the traditional breakdown service they offer a pay and reclaim scheme 4 see also edit vehicle recovery breakdown cover references edit history of gem motoring assist http www.motoringassist.com content about us history % 281 % 29 gem motoring and road safety literature http www.motoringassist.com motoring advice daily mail july 2008 aa slumps to seventh best breakdown service as drivers vote smaller firms better http www.dailymail.co.uk news article 1032597 aa slumps seventh best breakdown service drivers vote smaller firms better.html the telegraph march 2005 drive a better breakdown deal http www.telegraph.co.uk finance personalfinance insurance 2912908 drive a better breakdown deal.html external links edit uk vehicle recovery history this article about an automotive organization not manufacturer is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title gem motoring assist & oldid 718318748 categories emergency road servicesautomotive organization stubshidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 2 may 2016 at 20 39 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view