Verkehrsberuhigung
n.— «Verkehrsberuhigung is German for “traffic calming,” a long-standing European practice of reducing speeding and cut-through traffic by using speed humps, street furniture, wild engineering and other tactics.» —“Calming traffic: Various devices aim to get drivers to slow down” by Laura Pace Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Pa.) Sept. 1, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
The German phrase Der Bus hält an jeder Milchkanne literally translates as “The bus stops at every milk can,” and refers to a bus that stops at every little out-of-the-way town. This is part of a complete episode.
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