A current survey performed by AA Driving School revealed that almost 50% of drivers have noticed different motorists crossing the chevrons to re-enter a motorway after mistakenly taking the incorrect exit. The examine questioned 13,000 drivers about uncommon driving behaviours that they had witnessed on UK motorways.
Additionally, 49% of respondents reported seeing drivers utilizing the hard shoulder when it was not allowed, and one in four had seen somebody stopping on the onerous shoulder to urinate. The survey also discovered that 57% of drivers are nonetheless unaware that learner drivers are permitted on motorways with a professional instructor in a dual-control vehicle, although the legislation was changed to allow this 5 years in the past.
A vital 83% of drivers claimed they had never seen a learner on the motorway. Mark Born, head of teacher coaching at AA Driving School, suggested that “some learners will not be making full use of the law change.” Unsung expressed hope that extra learners would take motorway driving lessons to enhance their confidence and expertise with motorway etiquette, doubtlessly lowering the variety of middle-lane hoggers, tailgaters, and people stopping for a bathroom break on the onerous shoulder.
Five years in the past, 22-year-old Finbar King became the first learner to have a lesson on a motorway when he drove on the M25 with an AA teacher simply after midnight. He acknowledged, “The motorway classes helped to offer me the boldness to drive on motorways after I handed my take a look at.”