A recent survey has found that UK motorists consider not indicating clearly to be the most inconsiderate kind of driving behaviour.
A poll by RAC Insurance involving 2,144 motorists saw 58 per cent of respondents identify motorists not signalling clearly, or at all, as their number one inconsiderate trait.
In the list of motoring traits Brits find the most inconsiderate, not signalling properly was closely followed by both middle-lane hogging and driving too closely to the car in front.
Only four per cent of those polled believed it likely that they could head out for a half-hour drive without encountering any examples of inconsiderate driving.
RAC Insurance spokesman, Simon Williams, said: “There are a variety of behaviours at the wheel that motorists class as being inconsiderate, most of which involve deliberate acts which are blatantly thoughtless, but the top answer of ‘not indicating clearly’ is probably more due to misunderstanding or forgetfulness.
“The confusion that it can cause is no doubt responsible for, at worst, accidents and at best, needless wasted seconds of waiting only to find out the driver wasn’t really going where you thought they were.
“The biggest example of ‘indicator confusion’ has to be at roundabouts. There seem to be different schools of thought on how to signal at roundabout and very few that follow the rules set out in Rule 186 of the Highway Code.”
Rule 186 of the Highway Code addresses the appropriate signals and positions for drivers to take when driving through a roundabout, depending on which exit they intend to take.
