Vocabuilder:DrivingandTraffic

passenger(n.)apersonwhoisnotdriving;thesideofacaroppositethedriver
Luckilytherewerenopassengersonthebuswhenitgotintoanaccident.

seatbelt(n.)asafetybeltincarsthatprotectsdriversandpassengers
Ialwaysaskpassengersinmycartoweartheirseatbelts.

carpool(n.)agroupofpeoplewhoride(towork,etc.)inthesamecartosavemoney
Westartedacarpoolatmycompanysowecanprotecttheenvironmentwhilesavingmoney.

lane(n.)asinglepathintheroad(largehighwaysoftenhaveseverallanesoneachside)
IntheUS,therightlaneisforslowerdrivers,andtheleftlaneisforpassing.
Somehighwayshaveaspecialcarpoollaneforcarswith2ormorepeople.

speedlimit(n.)thefastestspeedthatyouareallowedtodriveonaroad
Thespeedlimitonthishighwayis65milesperhour.

residentialarea(n.)anareawithmanyhouseswheremanypeoplelive
Inresidentialareas,thespeedlimitis25milesperhour.

fine(n.)moneythatyouhavetopayifyouarecaughtbreakingalaw
Ihavetopaya$100finebecauseIwascaughtspeedinginaresidentialarea.

parkingspace(n.)aplacewhereyoucanparkasinglecar

parkinglot(n.)anareawithmanyparkingspaces
Whenyougotothegrocerystore,youcanparkintheirparkinglot.Thereareusuallymany
parkingspacesavailable.

trafficjam(n.)whentoomanycarsareontheroadandthetrafficstopsmoving
Iwaslatetoworkbecausetherewasatrafficjamonthehighway.

pedestrian(n.)apersonwhoiswalking(onasidewalk,oracrossastreet,forexample)
Youmustbecarefulwhenyouredrivinginthecitybecausetherearemanypedestrians.

intersection(n.)wheretwoormoreroadsmeet(thereisusuallyastoplight(ortrafficlight)
atintersections)
Youmustbecarefulwhenyouredrivinginthecitybecausetherearemanypedestrians.

crosswalk(US)/zebracrossing(UK)thewhitestripesatintersectionswherepedestrians
crosstheroad
Pedestriansmustusethecrosswalkwhencrossingthestreet.Otherwise,theymaygetafine.

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passenger seatbelt carpool lane

speedlimit residential fine parkinglot

trafficjam pedestrian intersection crosswalk

Fillintheblanksbelowwithwordsfromtheboxabove.

1.Slowdown!The_______________onthisroadisonly40milesperhour!

2.Pedestriansshouldalwaysusethe____________whencrossingthestreet.

3.Ihadtoparkonthestreetbecausetherestaurants____________wasfull.

4.Becausethereareoftenchildrenplayingin_____________areas,thespeedlimitis
usuallyveryslow.

5.Everymorningthereisa____________onthewaytowork,soIoftenhavetowaitinmy
carforalongtime,andsometimesImevenlatetowork.

6.Idontwantyoutorideinmycarbecausetheseatbeltonthe__________sideisbroken.

7.Ifyourideinmycar,wecantakethe__________lane,andthenwewontgetstuckina
trafficjam.

8.Isawaterribleaccidentlastnight.Acarhita_______________atacrosswalk.

9.Apoliceofficerpulledmeoverfordrivingoverthespeedlimit.Ihavetopaya__________
of$50.

10.Thereisnotrafficlightatthis____________,sothereareoftenaccidentshere.

11.Thishighwayhasfour_________oneachsidebecausemanypeopleuseittogotowork.

12.Ialwayswearmy__________whenIamdriving,becauseitcansavemylifeifIgetinto
anaccident.