More than half of all motor insurance customers in the UK do not know the traffic light sequence, new research has revealed.
Autoquake, the UK’s largest online car retailer which boasts being ten per cent cheaper than car supermarkets, asked 1,000 car insurance policyholders to name the signal after amber.
Just under half (48 %) said red, while 39% thought the amber light would turn green next.
Almost one in ten motor insurance holders thought a green and amber signal would follow in the sequence, while six per cent thought red with amber would appear.
“We’re surprised that so few drivers remember the traffic light sequence correctly,” said Dermot Halpin, chief executive officer at Autoquake.
“Drivers should remember that an amber light means stop unless it is unsafe to do so. As pedestrians we’re worried that so many drivers expect to see a green and amber signal since this doesn’t exist!”
In central London there are 2.4 personal injury accidents per year at traffic lights, according to GLA Economics.
Due to so few drivers knowing the signal sequence, “perhaps this is one of the reasons”, he said.
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