List of definitions
- A group of electric cells connected as a unit to furnish
current.
- Ticket or summons.
- A liquid added to a motor vehicle's radiator to reduce
heat.
- An offense a driver can be charged with if the B.A.C. at the
time of arrest falls between .05 and .10 percent.
- Passing a vehicle on a one lane road.
- A directional signal.
- System in which your insurance company pays your expenses.
Payment is made without regard as to who caused the accident.
- A divided highway with limited access that has more than one
lane in each direction, designed for high-speed travel.
- A breaking of a law.
- Keeping a vehicle on a desired course by making the necessary
steering corrections.
- Gas pedal.
- The sudden burst of a tire.
- A pathway for pedestrians when they cross a street.
- Indicator that shows the amount of gas in the vehicle.
- Inflated like a pillow in frontal and side frontal collisions.
Part of protective system.
- Insurance that covers damage to your car caused by something
other than a collision.
- Law that says driver charged with D.W.I. must take a chemical
test for amount of alcohol in the blood.
- Reduces engine noise, part of exhaust system.
- Gauge that tells speed of vehicle.
- Turning maneuver that results in vehicle facing opposite
direction.
- Part of engine that combines fuel and air.
- Warning sign to advise drivers that road crews are working on
or near the road. Orange in color.
- Upkeep.
- Parking Brake.
- System that satefy belts operate on, which allows belt to
unreel freely unless there is a sudden deceleration.
- Blend in with.
- Position in which the car gears are not engaged.
- Gauge that shows total distance car has been driven.
- To move the eyes over a wide area, rather than look at one
fixed point.
- Take away a drivers license for a time.
- Follow too closely.
- Let another road user go first, or have the right-of-way.
- Device that is driven by the engine and produces electric
current.
- The shaft on which the wheels revolve.
- Sign with a large white X -- placed near railroad tracks as a
warning.
- A path that permits a driver to say out of a collision.
Alternate path of travel in case of emergency.
- Bright lights -- (said about headlights).
- Insurance to protect you against claims if in an accident and
at fault.
- Run car at slow speed with little or no pressure on accelerator
(gas).
- Place where two or more streets cross.
- Reading on selector quadrant that shows the transmission is
locked.
- Take away permanently.
- The off-road area -- running along the edge of a road.
- A turnabout made in the streets by turning left, backing to the
right, then moving forward.
- An alternator gauge or light.
- Third pedal in a standard shift car.
- Offense charged with if the B.A.C. at time of arrest is .10
percent or higher.
- The driver pays a given amount (usually $50, $100, or $500) and
then the insurance company pays the rest.
- Time and space gap between vehicles traveling in same lane of
traffic.
- To ride on top of a film of water instead of tires maintaining
firm contact with the roads.
- Parking car in line with a group of cars arranged one behind
another.
- Cooling device in a car which, by using a fan, air cools liquid
pumped from the engine.
- Right of a vehicle or pedestrian to go first.
- The distance and area a driver can see.
- Chemical in cars' cooling system -- reduces chance coolant will
freeze.
- Clears moisture and ice from windows.
- This system gets rid of waste gases and vapors from the
engine.
- The lever that allows a driver to select a gear.
- Safety device -- prevents injury to head and neck in rear-end
collisions.
- Main public roadway that runs between cities.
- Road signs with pictures or symbols instead of words so they
can be understood in any country.
- A system of steering in which the front wheels are turned by a
force supplied by an extra source of power, together with the
regular force provided by the driver.
- Amount of free movement in a lever, foot pedal, or steering
wheel.
- Sign that tells drivers where to find food, gas, and rest
areas.
- Traffic signal that has been on for some time and will turn
yellow soon.
- Yellow sign, either diamond-shaped or round, with black letters
or symbols that warns drivers of potential hazards ahead.
- System in which gears are changed automatically.
- The amount of alcohol in the blood.
- Area outside of vehicle that is not visible to the driver, even
using mirrors.
- Part of the taillight assembly. They light up when you start to
stop.
- Covers the cost of repairs to your car due to damage caused by
a crash, even if no other car is involved.
- Point at which clutch and other power train begin to work
together.
- Machine driven by engine -- converts mechanical energy to
electrical energy.
- System, controlled by a switch, which provides the spark that
causes the fuel and air mixture in the engine to burn.
- Route marker or destination sign showing directions or
distances.
- Shows pressure at which oil is being pumped to the engine's
moving parts.
- Person on foot.
- Roadway sign -- indicates certain legal controls over
a driver's actions.
- Condition of the steering wheel when the ignition switch is in
the locked position.
- Shows whether the engine is running at the proper
temperature.
- A safety bag that automatically inflates upon impact in a
collision.
- A lane reserved for use by vehicles having two or more
occupants.
- Indicator.
- Involving or connecting two or more states.