sidezoomer n.— «Sidezoomers have a variety of strategies, each exaggerated by the configuration of the Caldecott but replicated in bottlenecks across the land: there are the ones who zoom by a few dozen cars, angling in when they see a...
cat-claw n.— «Part of our loot included a a short wrecking bar known to carpenters as a cat-claw. It’s pretty rusted after lying out in the weather all those months.» —“Curious trash along the highway” by Carl...
suicide lane n.— «Are we going to stand back and let the state build a three lane highway out of Maze Road with our money just to kill people? It will be only a suicide lane.…Who wants a three lane highway in these fast driving days...
bombing n.— «They have no headlights, tail lamps or turn signals. No steering wheels, seat belts or seats. No brakes. Yet they travel at speeds reaching beyond 40 mph on public streets and highways. They’re oversized, low-profile...
pickle park
n.— «“Pickle park”—a rest area or parking area along the interstate or highway.» —“Truckenees—Lesson No. 2″ by Bigdadgib Big Dad Gib on Opera June 9, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
scarecrow n.— «The NYPD is using unmanned police cars on major highways as a deterrent to speeders, the Daily News has learned. The vacant vehicles—derisively referred to as scarecrows by some cops—were blasted by the city’s police union...