stop stick n.— «Knudsen raced toward them and they had to swerve their cruisers on the narrow road, Sgt. Tom McCabe said. Knudsen then raced down Boynton Beach Boulevard; “stop sticks” set just east of Interstate 95 flattened...
plaster out v. phr.— «I just want to let you know that we got potentially four guys over the line out here. I don’t know how long they’re going to be here. The last couple of days they’ve plastered out of here by noon.» —“Interstate...
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)
care bear n.— «Sitting in his squad car on the westbound lane of Interstate 70 near Troy, Illinois State Trooper Scott Becker wasn’t getting a lot of chances to write speeding tickets.…Becker was just there to let the drivers know...
forty-eight n.— «“Major incident school bus over Northside bridge under the interstate,” the message read. “Five ambulances on scene, one supervisor, multiple 48.” In the parlance of paramedics, “48’s” are...
grits line n.— «Alexandria still has its Jefferson Davis Highway and Springfield its Robert E. Lee High School, but if last week’s election showed anything, it’s that Northern Virginia is not only different than the rest of the state, it...