You need to pass a color-blindness test to get a driving license in my home country and I can't tell you how much I struggled with it 15 years ago. The reason is exactly this -- I can work out traffic lights very easily although I'm r/g colorblind, however the test was about showing a number of different colors and asking you to name them. I failed, obviously, but the instructor did a favor and marked me as passed.
I still have no idea what practicality that test provides in driving.
I don't have any scientific proof but only a personal observation on this. This is the exact reason why I stopped using Apple CarPlay on my car but instead relying on (iDrive) integrated navigation. Here's my comparison with BMW's iDrive system:
- Apple CarPlay (or Google Maps) show you a very focused view on the current road. This will cause a massive distraction as the screen is updated very frequently with changing road conditions. However with the car's integrated (iDrive) system I zoom-out and see the overall path.
- CarPlay and Google Maps have way too many voice directions compared to iDrive. If I have to go straight, navigation should keep it quiet. This way I can focus much more on the road and the signage rather than looking at the screen.
- As a downside, CarPlay or Google Maps seem to suggest better routes time to time, but the total trip duration will not change any more than ~5%, which I'm completely fine with considering the above pro's it provides.
Speed limits in towns in the UK are either 20mph or 30mph, which is 30 km/h to 50 km/h. So speed limits look very similar to me.
The weather is an interesting point though, UK doesn't get any harsh winters - e.g. it almost never snows and doesn't go below 0 degrees celsius, however Norway seems to fluctuate between -5 and +15 degrees celsius.
I read The Economist. Reasons and benefits I have seen so far are:
1. It's weekly. "World this week" section is more than enough to have a summary of what has happened throughout the globe and I can get this information in less than 5 minutes. If you are interested in being more up-to-date, you can also try Economist Espresso, which is daily.
2. It's not only about world news, but also has different sections such as Technology, International, Book & Arts which gives me a wider range of topics to digest on a weekly basis.
3. This is, in my opinion, the most important bit: Because I'm digesting a wider array of topics but only spending an hour or two every week, I have observed a surprising benefit on human relationships as well:
Kick-starting a conversation with a person I don't know.
As a not-so-social person I have always struggled finding a topic to chat about with a person I have met recently. Now, first thing I do is to ask this person where he/she is from, or what their hobbies are, and all of a sudden I make a connection with an article I have recently read on the magazine and try to learn more from that person. This is a wonderful way of building a relationship as well as learning quite interesting facts about the culture or the hobbies of that person.
This looked really exciting at first and I signed-up immediately, hoping to stop thinking about "what I should cook tonight?". However after seeing an Oreo milkshake suggestion for lunch time I'm not sure how healthy the recipes are.
If the diet selection included a low-sugar option, then it may be much more useful for me.
As you also indicated I genuinely struggle to find people with similar frequencies and views.