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Big magazine puts focus on small cars

The largest magazine in the publication?s history will focus on the small car.New electronic signs urging motorists to slow down, the top bad driving habits seen on Bermuda?s roads, a hectic Friday night in the KEMH?s Emergency Room, the reality of life for gays in Bermuda and the search for answers to teen pregnancy are among the stories that are reported on and the issues explored in this issue of .

The largest magazine in the publication?s history will focus on the small car.

New electronic signs urging motorists to slow down, the top bad driving habits seen on Bermuda?s roads, a hectic Friday night in the KEMH?s Emergency Room, the reality of life for gays in Bermuda and the search for answers to teen pregnancy are among the stories that are reported on and the issues explored in this issue of .

The 108-page magazine, which is free in today?s is the annual Car & Bike issue, includes the in-depth look at the small car trend.

Today, these vehicles are popular world-wide as consumers struggle with crowded city environments and rising gas prices. With Bermuda?s small, crowded roads and restrictive parking, they are the cars Bermuda has always demanded and the story?s author, Jonathan Kent, has discovered that the global trend at last reflects the Island?s needs. reporter and recently-arrived Bermuda resident Sam Strangeways found a wide array of motorcycles and received plenty of expert advice as she toured the motorcycle shops in a hunt for transportation for the single career girl. She chronicles her journey in a story for the magazine.

A tool sharpener, a feral chicken control expert and a beach reporter.

These are real occupations, and features writer Jessie Moniz finds out more about them and others for her story ?Quirky Jobs?.

The magazine also looks at new and imaginative forms of transportation that are available right here in Bermuda, the experience of one man as he went through the process of getting a driver?s licence ? and the cover story, a report on the women who ride the big bikes and their prized vehicles.