IF A THOROUGH KNOWLEDGE OF TRAFFIC SIGNS AND SIGNALS WERE INCLUDED IN THE DRIVER LICENSING EXAM, 97.75 PERCENT OF ALL THOSE WHO NOW PASS WOULD FAIL

A STUDY IS PRESENTED OF THE RESULTS OF A SAMPLE SURVEY DURING WHICH PSYCHOSOCIOLOGICAL FACTORS AND DRIVING CHARACTERISTICS WERE THE SUBJECT OF A SPECIAL INVESTIGATION. THE LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE OF THE RESPONDENTS WAS TESTED ON SOME 91 TRAFFIC SIGNS AND SIGNALS. ONLY 17 PER CENT WERE KNOWN BY OVER 90 PER CENT OF THE DRIVERS TESTED. AMONG TWO-WHEELED VEHICLE DRIVERS, THE AVERAGE KNOWLEDGE IS CONSIDERABLY LOWER THAN AMONG CAR DRIVERS. /TRRL/

• Corporate Authors:

  Organ Nat De Sec Rout, Actualites /Fr

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• Publication Date: 1971

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 5 p.
• Serial:
  • Issue Number: 35

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Drivers; Human characteristics; Motorcyclists; Traffic signals; Traffic signs
• Uncontrolled Terms: Driver characteristics
• Old TRIS Terms: Driver investigation
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00222804
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 12 1973 12:00AM