The survey additionally reveals a ignorance of a legislation change made 5 years in the past permitting learner drivers onto motorways beneath sure circumstances.
Nearly half of drivers have seen one other motorist crossing the chevrons to get again on a motorway after taking the flawed exit, in keeping with a survey.
AA Driving School requested 13,000 drivers concerning the bizarre driving that they had seen on the UK’s motorways.
Some 49% additionally mentioned that they had seen different drivers zooming down the onerous shoulder when it was not permitted, and one quarter had witnessed somebody cease for a wee on the onerous shoulder.
The survey additionally confirmed 57% of drivers are nonetheless unaware learner drivers are allowed on motorways with a professional teacher in a dual-control automobile, regardless of the legislation being modified 5 years in the past to permit it.
Some 83% mentioned that they had by no means seen a learner on the motorway.
Mark Born, head of teacher coaching at AA Driving School, mentioned the figures prompt “some learners may not be making full use of the law change”.
He mentioned: “We hope that extra learners will take up motorway driving classes to provide them a head-start in constructing confidence and expertise round motorway etiquette.
“It could properly quash the subsequent technology of middle-lane-hoggers, tailgaters – and people inclined to take a cheeky bathroom break on a tough shoulder.”
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Finbar King, 22, was the primary learner to have a lesson on a motorway 5 years in the past when he drove on the M25 with an AA teacher simply after midnight.
He mentioned: “The motorway classes helped to provide me the arrogance to drive on motorways after I handed my check.
“I now use motorways lots both going to play or watch soccer and the tutoring actually helped me to drive safely, though I’m no massive fan of ‘good’ motorways.”
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About 10% of England’s motorway community is made up of good motorways, which contain varied strategies to handle the move of visitors, together with changing the onerous shoulder right into a stay lane.
But the constructing of recent good motorways is being cancelled following issues over security and prices, whereas present stretches can be subjected to a security refit, so there are extra emergency stopping locations.
