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05.07.2023 - 05:51 / dailyrecord.co.uk
After you get used to the motions of driving daily, it can become super easy to assume you know everything, and forget some common rules of the road.
However, it is important to remain vigilant across all road safety rules and regulations, which includes understanding signage, reports the Mirror.
Price comparison service Compare the Market has now put road users' knowledge to the test, as they check how many road signs people could identify.
This research found less than half of the signs (47 per cent) were matched with their correct definition.
Read on below to see if you know the road signs, and what they stand for.
More than four out of five (83 per cent) of people couldn't identify this road sign, which means that there is an emergency diversion up ahead for main road traffic.
Most people assumed they either hadn't been provided with the real answer (49 per cent), or it was a ring road sign (15 per cent).
Less than a third (28 per cent) of motorists were able to guess this sign correctly - with the risk of getting stuck on roads more applicable to larger vehicles.
The majority of people (55 per cent) thought this sign stood for an uneven road.
This sign is an easy one to mix up - with 33 per cent believing it meant you weren't allowed to come to a stop on the road.
A third of people (33 per cent) guessed successfully what this sign meant - no waiting on any part of the road.
Almost two-thirds (61 per cent) of drivers failed to know what this sign actually means.
It actually signifies there is a ring road up ahead, which is a bypass surrounding a town.
But 11 per cent assumed this sign meant a risk of grounding up ahead, while others believed it stood for an emergency diversion route for the motorway (six per cent).
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