![]() ![]() It also goes on to cover areas of digital technology, such as smartphones, which increasingly fight for a driver’s attention when they’re at the wheel. Today, a whole chapter is dedicated to educating both pedestrians and drivers on safely reaching the other side of the road. The driving standards book originally had just 24 pages of guidelines, with a single paragraph on how pedestrians should cross a road. Today, there are more than 27 million cars on UK roads, but there are fewer than 2000 fatalities. When launched, there were just 2.3 million cars on Britain’s roads, yet more than 7000 people were killed in road accidents each year. However, the Highway Code has contributed to saving thousands of lives over the years. It’s one of the few books that never leaves the bestseller list, but ever since the Highway Code was first published, in 1931, few readers would admit to finding it a gripping page-turner. ![]()
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