Road Signs "lost" on drivers

Mike Deere
Mike Deere Posts: 4,259
edited June 2007 in The Crudcatcher
Many British motorists are lost when it comes to understanding common road signs, a survey suggests.

Some 67% of the 2,500 people polled did not recognise "no through road" signs, and one-third could not identify the sign for "no motor vehicles".

Fewer than 33% knew what a "no cycling" sign looked like and one-third were confused by height restriction signs.

Vauxhall's poll found drivers would like to see signs such as "cash machine nearby" and "urban foxes crossing."

What the funk?


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  • rubber side up
    rubber side up Posts: 2,150
    <blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">The next most popular new signs motorists wanted to see were ones warning drivers to be more environmentally friendly by switching off their engines - for instance, outside schools while waiting to collect children.

    Other popular suggestions were:

    # Wifi hotspot;

    # Healthy eating zone - indicating places where healthy food is on offer;

    # <b>Drive-through approaching;</b>

    # Up-to-date children-crossing signs - with the boy wearing a hoodie;

    # Beware of skateboarders.<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"></font id="quote">

    I actually thought that was a joke for a bit

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  • Alex
    Alex Posts: 2,086
    <blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by Mike Deere</i>

    Many British motorists are too stupid to drive a car, especially when it comes to understanding common road signs, Alex suggests.

    Some 67% of the 2,500 people abused did not recognise that they were quite as stupid as they actually were, and one-third could not tell thier arse from thier elbow.

    Fewer than 33% knew to ignore "no cycling" signs and one-third had crashed tall vehicles into low bridges.

    Vauxhall's poll found drivers would like to see signs attatched to thier cars such as "Beware: Idiot driver" and "Caution: May pull out in front of speeding traffic"


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  • JinjaNinja
    JinjaNinja Posts: 1,033
    Was that artical actually a joke? Right?

    Up to date school crossing signs, whit the boy wearing a hoodie!


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  • Big Red S
    Big Red S Posts: 26,890
    I do remember seeing the results of a survey showing that many councils don't know what signs look like.

    Things like 'No X' with the 'X' in a red circle crossed out. The crossing out isn't neccesary.

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