As Brits prepare for the Bank Holiday weekend
With the Bank Holiday weekend set to see many families heading on the roads โ either to return from the summer vacation or get a last break before the kids head back to school โ it seems that almost half of UK drivers are not sure about what some of the countryโs most common road signs mean.
In the Europcar UK commissioned research*, drivers were asked to identify 8 road signs including signs for โno-bus zoneโ, โuneven roadโ and โno through roadโ. Reassuringly, 9 in 10 drivers could correctly name the โlane closureโ sign on motorways. However, 40 per cent of drivers confused a โbump in the roadโ with a โspeed bumpโ sign.
Regionally, motorists from the North East and Wales scored the highest overall, correctly answering 5 of the questions on average compared to drivers in London who answered less than half the correct answers. Just 26 per cent of drivers in the West Midlands and South East recognised the sign which identified a โNo bus zoneโ. It was the โNo Vehicles past this pointโ sign which drivers in the North West and East Midlands struggled with – just 16 per cent correctly named it.ย
โWith hundreds of signs frequenting the UKโs roadside, itโs understandable that drivers can end up getting a little lost with their meaningsโ, said Gary Smith, Managing Director of Europcar UK Group. โAlthough Europcar UK canโt help drivers to identify road signs on their journey, we can give drivers one less thing to worry about knowing theyโll be travelling in a vehicle with plenty of space for the whole family to get away this Bank Holiday weekend.โ
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