Almost a fifth of drivers say overgrown plants have caused them to speed

Lawyer explains your rights if overgrown hedges are to blame for a speeding fine

As a new RAC survey has found that many drivers have complained about important road signs being obscured by hedges, a barrister has had his say on the matter

Almost a fifth of drivers say overgrown plants have caused them to speed

Uncut vegetation has also caused 21 per cent of drivers to miss a turn

Britain’s road signs are playing hide-and-seek — and drivers are losing

A speed-limit sign buried inside a hedge is a wonderfully British piece of road furniture: official, expensive and rendered useless by drizzle-fed shrubbery. It would be funny if the consequences stopped at missing a turn. They do not. New RAC research says 19 per cent of the drivers it surveyed had accidentally exceeded a speed […]

Overgrown plants obscuring signs have caused 19% of drivers to speed, poll finds

Almost one in five drivers (19%) have accidentally broken the speed limit after being unable to see a road sign hidden by overgrown foliage, a survey suggests. Some 94% of drivers who took part in the poll commissioned by the RAC said they had seen road signs covered by overhanging [...] The post Overgrown plants obscuring signs have caused 19% of drivers to speed, poll finds first appeared on Rother Radio.