Toms View of the World

A recent survey has shown that many motorists in the UK don’t know the meaning of common roadsigns. This is clearly evidenced every time you see those electronic signs with the flashing lights on the motorway showing a reduced speed limit, and people are still driving at 80+, or the electronic signs which clearly indicate a lane to be closed, and people are still driving in it.

The BBC have posted a little quiz here - so why not give it a try and see if you need to re-read the Highway Code.

Of course, a dig at the standards of driving in the UK wouldn’t be complete without this little snippet from the highway code rule 238:

“You should drive in the left-hand lane if the road ahead is clear. If you are overtaking a number of slower moving vehicles it may be safer to remain in the centre or outer lanes until the manoeuvre is completed rather than continually changing lanes. Return to the left-hand lane once you have overtaken all the vehicles or if you are delaying traffic behind you.”

and of course, good old rule 94:

You must not use front or rear fog lights unless visibility is seriously reduced. You MUST switch them off when visibility improves to avoid dazzling other road users.

I actually re-read the highway code myself having seen this, and discovered a whole new section relating to tramways which, although I’ve never had to drive somewhere where trams interact with traffic, it’s useful to know about it.