MOTORISTS are making mistakes at the wheel because of a lack of understanding of road signs, according to research. A study found that the average driver doesn’t recognise the meaning of a fifth ...

The most identified road signs were some of the more common ones. Nearly 100% of drivers could pinpoint the merge sign. Only about 1 out of 10 had trouble with signs like the right lane ends ahead.

In one of the experiments described in the study, researchers found that the participants behind the wheel reacted at an average of 50 milliseconds faster with the use of a more dynamic sign.