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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: 1) by jjr on Monday October 22 2018, @12:27PM (5 children)
I don't know in the UK, but here in most big cities in Spain, most drivers have forgotten what turning signals are for.
(Score: 4, Funny) by DannyB on Monday October 22 2018, @03:30PM (2 children)
Maybe large numbers of cars have defective turn signals?
This is a known technical problem in the US with certain brands, such as BMWs.
The lower I set my standards the more accomplishments I have.
(Score: 2) by dry on Tuesday October 23 2018, @05:49AM
They just keep forgetting to refill the blinker fluid.
(Score: 1) by jjr on Tuesday October 23 2018, @12:07PM
When somebody doesn't use them I usually say "hey, they got a cheaper version of the car because it came without blinkers"
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 22 2018, @05:05PM
I can at least understand the "I'm too stupid*/lazy/inconsiderate to bother moving that signal lever". I don't agree, obviously, but at least I can see where it's coming from.
What I really don't get is people that start signalling after they started turning?. You were too stupid/lazy/inconsiderate to signal before, you've already put on the breaks, your tires have started turning, your vehicle has moved started moving into a turn, it's (bloody) obvious your turning, and your actually busy turning (well hopefully, handling the steering wheel and paying closer attention to what's going on around you), now's a good time to signal!?. WTF.
*stupid: in this case, just because it's both trivially easy and safer to signal, and not just other people's safety (inconsiderate bastard), but also their own (stupid bastards :) ).
(Score: 2) by rleigh on Monday October 22 2018, @07:21PM
At least in the UK, it appears that BMW and Audi cars don't come with signal lights.