To be fair, it's not just motorists; I've seen pedestrians and cyclists ignore road safety signs, and people of all kinds blithely disregard warnings elsewhere. But being in a big metal box does seem to make a lot of idiots think they're invulnerable. (Personally, I'd argue that most people who drive shouldn't be allowed to; it's a very complex and demanding set of interacting cognitive tasks, and a lot of people simply aren't up to doing it properly. Arguably, it should be as hard to get a driving license as a pilot's license. But then I think rain is wet, so what do I know?)
Ignoring is rather different to not noticing. In particular, where pedestrians are concerned, except for some very specific cases, they are perfectly at liberty to walk where they like regardless of any signs advising them, and they have right of way while they are doing so. (And I am completely in favour of the police enforcing that with plainclothes coppers walking out in front of traffic, and in favour of an end to the special exclusion of motorways). I ignore plenty of signs on the bicycle because they have no legal force and (say) ROAD CLOSED often means "negotiable on foot" (and by the way, why don't they say that?)
But to ignore these various signs would take a special sort of person. In particular, one cannot simply ignore a solid steel barrier across the road.
It may be unremarkable that I am equally in favour of such a driving test. Let it be like being a railway driver, where any significant error is automatically cause for intervention.
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But to ignore these various signs would take a special sort of person. In particular, one cannot simply ignore a solid steel barrier across the road.
It may be unremarkable that I am equally in favour of such a driving test. Let it be like being a railway driver, where any significant error is automatically cause for intervention.