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Royal Automobile Club (other)
Royal Automobile Club may refer to: * Royal Automobile Club, a British private club of automobile enthusiasts ** Royal Automobile Club Foundation, a British motoring advocacy group * Royal Automobile Club of Australia, an Australian motoring organisation, headquartered in Sydney, New South Wales * Royal Automobile Club of Belgium, a Belgian automobile association * Royal Automobile Club of Tasmania, an Australian motoring club and mutual organisation * Royal Automobile Club of Queensland, an Australian motoring club and mutual organisation * Royal Automobile Club of Spain, a Spanish automobile association * Royal Automobile Club of Victoria, an Australian motoring club and mutual organisation * Royal Automobile Club of Western Australia, an Australian motoring club and mutual organisation * RAC (company), a British company supplying products and services for motorists, formerly owned by the British Royal Automobile Club * Royal Automobile Club (Sweden) The Royal Automobile C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Automobile Club
The Royal Automobile Club is a British private social and athletic club. It has two clubhouses: one in London at 89 Pall Mall, and the other in the countryside at Woodcote Park, near Epsom in Surrey. Both provide accommodation and a range of dining and sporting facilities. The Royal Automobile Club has a wide range of members. It is best-known for establishing the roadside assistance service RAC Limited, though this is no longer owned by the club. History It was founded on 10 August 1897, with the name Automobile Club of Great Britain (which was later changed to Automobile Club of Great Britain and Ireland). The headquarters was originally in a block of flats at 4 Whitehall Court, before moving to 119 Piccadilly in 1902. In 1902, the organisation, together with the recently formed Association of Motor Manufactures and Traders, campaigned vigorously for the relaxation of speed limits, claiming that the 14 mph speed limit imposed by the Locomotives on Highways Act ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RAC Foundation
The RAC Foundation (The Royal Automobile Club Foundation for Motoring) is a registered charity. It is a transport policy and research organisation that explores the economic, mobility, safety and environmental issues relating to roads and their users. It publishes independent and authoritative research with which it promotes informed debate and advocates policy in the interests of the responsible motorist. It was established as the research arm of RAC Motoring Services Ltd in 1991, when Motoring Services was owned by the Royal Automobile Club. In 1999, when Motoring Services was sold by the club, the foundation became an independent organisation. It later gained charitable status. History The foundation was formed in 1991. It became independent of RAC Motoring Services in 1999 and received a legacy from the members of the Royal Automobile who had sold RAC Motoring Services. It subsequently became a charity. The current director is Steve Gooding CB who took up the post in May ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Automobile Club Of Australia
The Royal Automobile Club of Australia (RACA) is an Australian motoring organisation, which has also incorporated the Australian Imperial Services Club since 1987. The RACA was established in March 1903 in Sydney, and is the oldest motoring club in Australia, founded by Henry Alfred ‘Harrie’ Skinner, WE Fisher and HE Jones. The Royal Automobile Club of Australia had an important role in shaping early motoring legislation, in safeguarding the rights of motorists, and in establishing motorsport in Australia. The organisation used to provide roadside service and insurance but in 1945 in an agreement with the NRMA ceased offering these services with members gaining reciprocal access to NRMA provided services. The RACA is a member of the Australian Automobile Association. History Original Office Bearers The first Office Bearers of the Royal Automobile Club of Australia (RACA), in 1903, were: *President: HA Jones *First Vice President: James Macken *Second Vie Presiden ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Automobile Club Of Belgium
The Royal Automobile Club of Belgium (RACB) is an association of Belgian motorists founded in January 1896. Their missions are focused on assistance, advice and sport. Championships * Belcar * Belgian Rally Championship * Belgian Rallycross Championship * Belgian Hill Climb Championship * Belgian Karting Championship Presidents * Count François van der Straten Ponthoz (1896–1902) * Count Arthur de Hemricourt de Grunne (1902–1911) * Robert d'Ursel (1911–1955) * Amaury de Merode (1955–????) * Pierre Ugeux (????–????) * Count Gérard de Liedekerke (1979–1994) / John Dils (1991–1999) * Philippe Roberti de Winghe (1997–2001) / Charles de Fierlant (1999–2001) * Baron John J. Goossens John J., Baron Goossens (25 November 1944 – 8 November 2002) was a Belgian businessman. He was the Chief Executive Officer of Belgacom and chairman of the Royal Automobile Club of Belgium. He acceded to the Belgian hereditary nobility with the ... (2001–2002) * Baron (2002 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Automobile Club Of Tasmania
The Royal Automobile Club of Tasmania normally abbreviated to RACT is a motoring club in Tasmania, Australia. The organisation was established in 1923 and now has over 200,000 members. It is a member of the Australian Automobile Association. It provides services such as roadside assistance, vehicle, home and contents insurance, personal and car loans, driver's education and tourism. In addition to consumer services, the club also engages in consumer advocacy, particularly in regard to petrol prices, which are both historically and recently higher than prices in other parts of Australia. References Launceston Chamber of Commerce labels petrol price an 'unfair burden'". ABC News. 20 July 2016. Retrieved 15 October 2016. External linksRACT Official Site Automobile associations in Australia Organisations based in Australia with royal patronage, Automobile Club of Tasmania, Royal Transport in Tasmania 1922 establishments in Australia Emergency road services {{Auto-org-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Automobile Club Of Queensland
The Royal Automobile Club of Queensland Limited (RACQ) is a mutual organisation and Queensland’s largest Club, providing services including roadside assistance, insurance, banking and travel to its approximately 1.75 million members. RACQ is the largest provider of car insurance in Queensland and the second largest provider of home insurance. The Club's bimonthly magazine, '' The Road Ahead'', is Queensland’s highest circulating magazine, with 836,995 printed copies and 410,584 digital copies distributed each edition. An earlier journal of the RACQ was the long-running ''Steering Wheel'' (1915-1932) which profiled makes of cars and motoring personalities, and carried anecdotes of pioneering days, humorous stories, social gossip, as well as supplementary lists of Registrations. In financial year 2020, the Club returned $167.1 million to members including $8.6 million in fuel discounts and $5.6 million in theme park, attraction and movie ticket discounts. RACQ provides free- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Automobile Club Of Spain
The Royal Automobile Club of Spain, (Spanish:Real Automóvil Club de España (RACE)) is a motor club/car club in Spain. It is the Spanish equivalent of the American Automobile Association (AAA) in the United States of America, or the Automobile Association (AA) in the United Kingdom or the ''ANWB'' in the Netherlands. The club was formed in 1903 to provide roadside service to drivers in Spain. Along with other European automobile clubs RACE formed ARC Europe to provide reciprocal and cross border business services. RACE is a member of the ''Alliance Internationale de Tourisme' v'. Research As well as being an active automobile club, RACE also undertakes road safety research acting as a trusted advisor to the motorist in Spain. EuroRAP in Spain RACE is one of the active members for the European Road Assessment Programme (EuroRAP)in Spain. RACE along with RACC regularly publish maps showing safety characteristics of Spains's roads as well as the risk of being involved in an accide ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Automobile Club Of Victoria
The Royal Automobile Club of Victoria (RACV) is a motoring club and mutual organisation. It offers various services to members, including insurance and roadside assistance. It has about 30,000 ordinary club members who have access to the lifestyle club properties and 2.1 million service members who hold any product offered by RACV. It operates two clubs for members, in the Melbourne central business district and in Healesville. The City Club was redeveloped in 2005, the Healesville Country Club in 2009. History Automobile Club of Victoria was founded at a meeting held at the Port Phillip Club Hotel on 9 December 1903 called by Syd Day, Henry James and James G. Coleman. Henry James Joseph "Harry" Maddox (1862-1937) was elected as its first President, and H.B. "Harry" James, its first secretary. At that first meeting, a proposal from Henry Sutton, the Australian motoring pioneer, was unanimously adopted: ::"that the objects of the club should be the promotion of a social organ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Automobile Club Of Western Australia
The Royal Automobile Club of Western Australia (RAC WA) is a motoring club and mutual organisation, offering motoring services and advice, insurance, travel services, finance, driver training and exclusive benefits for their members. As an independent voice for road users in WA, RAC is concerned with all aspects of road and community safety. History 1905: The Automobile Club of WA starts signposting roads and creating maps of the state for motorists and the Club encourages local authorities to improve road surfaces and push for lower city-driving speeds. Services *Roadside assistance – breakdown assistance *Finance – car, personal and travel loans *Insurance – home, contents, car, motorcycle, caravan, boat, landlords, renters *Home security – home security systems *Tourism and travel – escorted and unescorted tours, accommodation bookings *Auto services - vehicle repair and service centres *Member service centres – a network of retail outlets providing RAC Travel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RAC (company)
RAC Limited (The RAC) is a British automotive services Limited company, company headquartered in Walsall, West Midlands (county), West Midlands. Its principal services are roadside assistance and general insurance, and its subsidiaries include RAC Motoring Services Ltd, RAC Financial Services Ltd and RAC Insurance Limited. The RAC's main competitors are The Automobile Association, The AA and Green Flag. History The Royal Automobile Club was formed in 1897 by Frederick Richard Simms, which set up an "associate section" to provide members Breakdown Cover, roadside assistance and motoring services. The club incorporated the associate section as R.A.C. Motoring Services Ltd. in 1978. In 1987, the organisation introduced an "Advanced Computer Aided Rescue System". In 1991, it established the RAC Foundation as its research arm. The RAC Foundation was later turned into a charity, and received a legacy from Royal Automobile Club members when R.A.C. Motoring Services Ltd. was later ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
