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  • to follow very closely behind another vehicle
    tailgate
  • a wide road for fast-moving traffic, especially one in the US that goes through a city, with a limited number of places at which drivers can enter and leave it
    expressway
  • a place at the side of a road where vehicles can stop and where it is sometimes possible to buy food and drinks
    pull in
  • o stop your car at the side of the road, or to force another car or driver to do this
    pull over
  • anger or violence between drivers, often caused by difficult driving conditions
    road rage
  • to come from behind another vehicle or a person and move in front of them:
    overtake
  • a place on a road that is considered to be dangerous because several accidents have happened there
    black spot
  • a main road intended for fast travel, which you usually have to pay to use:
    turnpike
  • a situation in which a place is too blocked or crowded, causing difficulties
    congestion
  • a place on a road, especially one where there is a lot of traffic, at which vehicles must stop to allow people to walk across the road
    crosswalk
  • increase the speed or hasten the space
    accelerate
  • driving fast and dangerously for pleasure, especially in a stolen vehicle
    joyriding
  • a death caused by an accident or by violence, or someone who has died in either of these ways:
    fatality
  • an amount of money that has to be paid as a punishment for not obeying a rule or law:
    a fine
  • to decide not to do something that you had said you would do:
    back out