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Do drivers know their road signs?

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24th Aug 17 10:45 am

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 countryโ€™s most common road signs mean.

In the Europcar UK commissioned research*, drivers were asked to identify 8 road signs including signs for โ€˜no-bus zoneโ€™, โ€˜uneven roadโ€™ and โ€˜no through roadโ€™. Reassuringly, 9 in 10 drivers could correctly name the โ€˜lane closureโ€™ sign on motorways. However, 40 per cent of drivers confused a โ€˜bump in the roadโ€™ with a โ€˜speed 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 โ€˜No bus zoneโ€™. It was the โ€˜No Vehicles past this pointโ€™ sign which drivers in the North West and East Midlands struggled with – just 16 per cent correctly named it.ย 

โ€œWith hundreds of signs frequenting the UKโ€™s roadside, itโ€™s understandable that drivers can end up getting a little lost with their meaningsโ€, said Gary Smith, Managing Director of Europcar UK Group. โ€œAlthough Europcar UK canโ€™t help drivers to identify road signs on their journey, we can give drivers one less thing to worry about knowing theyโ€™ll 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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