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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 bob_super on Monday October 22 2018, @07:47PM
I went to an insurance-sponsored driving class, where they have slick wet roads and cars with slippery back tires, and you learn to recover from skids at 40km/h.
Lots of fun.
First question when we came in was "how far is this sign?".
Answer I gave was "why do you care?".
The guy said "It's important to know whether it's 80m or 120m away"
and I said "no it's not. The question is always how long before you hit it, whether you drive a bike or fly a plane at mach 2. That's what the brain knows."
I broke his script.