Young driver insurance brand ingenie is calling for schools to teach the Highway Code, following a social experiment to see if experienced drivers could pass a test on road rules – 20 years after passing their driving theory tests.
The experiment shows Tracey, aged 45, and Lester, aged 51, quite spectacularly failing a road quiz . ingenie suggests that road safety knowledge, including hazard perception, could be significantly improved if introduced at an earlier age.
Tracey and Lester were filmed participating in a live Highway Code test and both struggled with general road rules and frequently used signs. Neither could answer questions regarding the National Speed Limit or the tread depth of a tyre, nor identify commonly used road signs. The quiz was filmed throughout and the video is available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qxhn_-IewU
This lack of knowledge was reflected in the results of a quiz hosted on the ingenie website,1 with 82% of those who participated failing to recognise national road rules and signs, and more than one third getting under a 50% mark. The assessment, based on a selection of questions taken directly from the modern theory test, showed how young drivers are at risk due to a lack of knowledge.
Do you think you could pass? You can try ingenie’s Road Signs Quiz here: https://www.ingenie.com/road-signs-quiz