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Sunday Times Driving reports under 50% of surveyed UK drivers know what a roundabout sign looks like, and only 68% knew what the speed bump sign means.
The survey was conducted by the Institute of Advanced Motorists, with 1,000 participants.
Only 32% of drivers knew you should allow at least a two-second time gap to the vehicle ahead when driving on a dry open road. It appears many motorists are conflating this with two car lengths in distance, as 53% of those surveyed responded with that answer.
[...] Younger motorists were the most likely to answer incorrectly, with 17 to 39 year-olds having the lowest correct answer percentage rates in 14 of the 23 questions, but older drivers didn't do very well either.
The Sunday Times article has an embedded googleforms survey, so you can test your knowledge of UK road rules.
(Score: 2) by MostCynical on Monday October 22 2018, @10:09AM (5 children)
Half a second to notice, half a second to fail to react fast enough, and to say "oh, sh.." while ploughing into a stopped car in front..
Here, have some online reaction tests:
online reaction test [justpark.com]
One Australian state's pratice test [nsw.gov.au]
"I guess once you start doubting, there's no end to it." -Batou, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 22 2018, @12:39PM (1 child)
thank you for the online reaction test thing.
I had 3 tries.
First one got me 72.
Second got me 28.
Third one they said "we're not sure you're human".
I'll be expecting my driver's license in the mail now...
(Score: 2) by dry on Tuesday October 23 2018, @05:30AM
I got an offer to safe a swf file.
(Score: 2) by bob_super on Monday October 22 2018, @06:22PM (1 child)
If you are a second behind a stopped car, and you're not already swerving, stopping or stopped, you shouldn't be on the road.
I tend to leave more distance between me and the car in front, if they block my view (fucking SUVs and pickups) or if they can stop much faster than me (sports cars). Being 1 second behind an 80000 lbs truck is stupid, but it's a lot safer than 1s behind an empty F150.
(Score: 2) by Reziac on Tuesday October 23 2018, @05:31AM
Unless you've got superbrakes like they put on the F350. I've been quite shocked at how fast that durn thing can stop (way faster than my old F100). As discovered when some fuckwit pulled out in front of me and I had to go from 30 to zero in half a second to avoid T-boning him, however richly deserved.
And there is no Alkibiades to come back and save us from ourselves.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 23 2018, @05:25PM
It keeps saying I'm not human if I use the keyboard... I suspect my reflexes are about average for a healthy person and the real reason is most people use crap hardware (high latency monitors and input devices).