gore point n.— «A while back you stated that it can be legal to cross a solid white line to merge into traffic, provided it’s safe to do so. Is it legal to cross two solid white lines? Making the merge from Mission Boulevard onto south I...
pit maneuver n.— «When the driver of the car refused to pull over on SR-434 and Ronald Reagan Boulevard in Longwood, a Seminole County deputy decided to move in with the precision immobilization technique called a pit maneuver...
Fred Flinstone car n.— «Then there was what Woolley often euphemistically calls the “Fred Flinstone cars,” vehicles in such a bad state, you can literally see the ground through the floorboards.» —“Holiday Safety Blitz...
vomit comet n.— «Escape from the Vomit Comet…A couple of us caught the late-night bus to the movies.…A while later, someone rang the bell and a group of us waited to get off. The bus stop neared and the driver didn’t bother to...
up n.— «During my short stint as a car salesman, I remember how we used to stand on the curb in front of the dealership “calling ups.” “Green Toyota!” one salesman would call, claiming the driver of that car as his...
push n.— «One of the most taxing things about being a driver is negotiating a car with “push.” Or, as the drivers say, keeping a car that “pushes like a pig” from “swapping ends.” Push is the term for...