Traffic and Transportation Flashcards

(38 cards)

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Mobility

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Ppl enjoy the mobility that owning a car gives them

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Traffic-calming
physical design and other measures to improve safety for motorists, pedestrians and cyclists. It aims to encourage safer, more responsible driving and potentially reduce traffic flow.

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~Traffic-calming measures are becoming increasingly common throughout the country.
~Specially-built obstacles are one of which
~Bollards and speed bump

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3
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Traffic-free zone

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no car is allowed

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Dominate the road

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big cars dominate the road

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Accident risk

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young drivers higher the accident risk

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Subsidized

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Public transportation is heavily subsidized

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Black spot

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a lot of accidents happen there

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Transport strategy

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The city council needs to adopt an effective transport strategy for ppl to get into, around and out of the city

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Pedestrian’s injury

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is very severe and has to go to the hospital

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Drink-driving

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is a serious offense and will ban you from driving

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Pedestrian crossing

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you should stop at a pedestrian crossing

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Highway code

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the set of official rules, published in a small book, that have to be obeyed by drivers in the UK

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Heavy fine

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and six points on my license

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Joyriding

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driving fast and dangerously for pleasure, especially in a stolen vehicle
Joyriding has increased and I am urging everyone to think twice before they get involved in this activity

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Fatalities

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death

Higher fatalities on roads make us think twice on regulations and impose heavy fine

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16
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Cycle lane

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It is safer for cyclists

17
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“Park and Ride”

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Ppl leaving their cars in designated areas outside a city and catching a bus into the city center

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Traffic-related accidents

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Has increased over the past decade

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Built-up area

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In the UK Highway Code, a built-up area is a settled area in which the speed limit of a road is automatically 30 mph (48 km/h). These roads are known as ‘restricted roads’ and are identified by the presence of street lights.

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Plagued (by)

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To cause suffering

A city plagued by congestion and pollution caused by traffic

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Notorious

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famous for something bad:
one of Mexico’s most notorious criminals
The company is notorious for paying its bills late.

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Thoroughfare

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a road that connects to other roads:

I live right on the main thoroughfare.

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Horribly mutilated

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exteremly heart or in some cases paralyzed due to traffic-related accidents

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Steer wheel

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When a man is sitting behind his steering wheel his car becomes the extension of his personality

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Charecteristics of a bad driver
Willful as a two-years-old/ utterly selfish/ ill-mannered/ aggressive
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Benignly
in a very kind manner
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Condone
To excuse 1. to ignore or accept behavior that some people consider wrong: I don’t condone such rude behavior. 2. to accept or allow behavior that is wrong: If the government is seen to condone violence, the bloodshed will never stop.
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Desecrate/ بی حرمت کردن
to damage or show a lack of respect toward something holy or respected: Vandals desecrated the monument.
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Lax
lacking care, attention, or control; not severe or strong enough: Security at the airport seemed lax. Some countries laws are notoriously lax and even the strictest are not strict enough
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Stringent | All vehicles should be put through stringent annual tests for safety
extremely limiting or difficult; severe: Members of the organization have to be willing to abide by the stringent rules. The city has stringent fire-safety standards.
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Impair
to damage or weaken something so that it is less effective: | Lack of sleep impaired her ability to think clearly.
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Inordinately harsh
Excessively
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Annual toll of human life
تلفات
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Mean streets
an area of a city where the poor or socially deprived live or work, or an area that is noted for violence and crime. "the mean streets of the South Bronx"
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Battalions
A millitary unit
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In droves
In large numbers
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Abreast/پهلو به پهلو
We were running/swimming two abreast. | The motorcyclist came abreast of her car and shouted abuse at her.
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keep abreast of sth | ​
to make sure you know all the most recent facts about a subject or situation: I try to keep abreast of any developments.