{"id":732,"date":"2018-10-15T15:49:00","date_gmt":"2018-10-15T14:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/guildford-iam.org.uk\/?p=732"},"modified":"2018-10-15T15:49:00","modified_gmt":"2018-10-15T14:49:00","slug":"whats-a-roundabout-iam-roadsmart-reveals-shocking-lack-of-road-knowledge-by-uk-drivers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/guildford-iam.org.uk\/?p=732","title":{"rendered":"What\u2019s a roundabout? IAM RoadSmart reveals shocking lack of road knowledge by UK drivers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A survey conducted by the UK\u2019s largest independent road safety charity, IAM RoadSmart, found that many drivers have a real lack of awareness of the rules of the road, putting themselves and others in danger.<br \/>\nMore than 50% admitted their road knowledge was so poor, they didn\u2019t recognise the roundabout sign.<br \/>\nMore than two-thirds of drivers admitted they had no understanding of the two second rule.<br \/>\nOver 1,000 motorists participated in the survey for IAM RoadSmart to test their knowledge of the Highway Code.<br \/>\nSome <strong>68% of drivers were unaware of the two-second following distance<\/strong> in dry weather, with <strong>53% confusing this for two car lengths<\/strong>. This results in a gap of less than a third of a second when travelling at 60mph, for an average-sized family car.<br \/>\nNeil Greig, IAM RoadSmart director of policy and research, said: \u201cThis is truly shocking. The outcome of the survey brings to light some frightening statistics which demonstrates the need to constantly re-fresh on-road knowledge.\u201d<br \/>\nThe survey also found that only 43% correctly recognised the Highway Code \u2018dual carriageway ends\u2019 sign, with respondents aged between 17 and 39 being the largest group to answer this incorrectly.<br \/>\nWhen asked what to do when arriving to a scene of a serious crash, almost half (48%) were unaware that the first thing you need to do is to warn others of the danger by turning on hazard lights.<br \/>\nOf those who participated, <strong>over half were not able to identify that a circle shaped sign demonstrates traffic signs that give orders<\/strong> \u2013 a crucial piece of information when on the road. Drivers aged 70 onwards statistically scored below average on this question.<br \/>\nWorryingly, two-thirds of those surveyed admitted they were unable to recognise the colour of the reflective studs between a motorway and its slip road, with only one in five (20%) of those aged 17 to 39 answering correctly that they are green.<br \/>\nNeil said: \u201cWith many young drivers showing high levels of traffic sign ignorance these results reinforce IAM RoadSmart\u2019s view that road safety education should be taught as part of the National Curriculum in schools to prepare teenagers for their future driving career.<br \/>\n\u201cMany drivers don\u2019t look at the Highway Code regularly after they\u2019ve passed their test, but no-one\u2019s memory is perfect and it\u2019s crucial to read and understand the most recent version of the Highway Code for the safety of all road users.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A survey conducted by the UK\u2019s largest independent road safety charity, IAM RoadSmart, found that many drivers have a real lack of awareness of the rules of the road, putting themselves and others in danger. More than 50% admitted their&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-732","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/guildford-iam.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/732","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/guildford-iam.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/guildford-iam.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guildford-iam.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guildford-iam.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=732"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/guildford-iam.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/732\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/guildford-iam.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guildford-iam.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guildford-iam.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}