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Traffic
Terms: passarela, faixa de pedestre, cortar
(ultrapassar), pedágio, rotatória, multa,
etc...
09/21/10
Como dizer em
inglês...?
-
semáforo (sinal ou
farol) = traffic
light,
stoplight
- velocidade máxima =
speed
limit
-
passarela =
overpass
-
viaduto = overpass
-
passagem subterrânea ou
sob uma ponte = underpass
-
desvio
= detour /
bypass
-
faixa de pedestre =
crosswalk, pesdestrian
crossing,
(Brit.:) zebra
walk.
-
pedágio = toll
-
rodovias com pedágio =
turnpike / toll
road
-
rotatória =
roundabout
-
mão
única = one
way
-
contra-mão = wrong
way
-
cortar/ultrapassar =
pass
-
- o policial fez sinal pra eu
encostar = I was pulled
over
-
congestionamento =
traffic congestion,
slow traffic; traffic
jam
(slang)
-
Detran = DMV (Department of Motor
Vehicle)
-
apreensão de veículo =
vehicle
impound
-
carros
guinchados =
cars towed
away
-
batida de raspão =
scratch
-
(deu uma) amassada na
porta (do carro) = (it made) a
dent
on the (car's)
door.
-
a batida acabou com o
carro = the car was
totaled (totalled, in British
English)
-
dar a preferência =
to
yield
-
dirigir
sob a influência de álcool or
drogas = DUI (Drive Under Influence
)
-
-
P.S. Do not mix up DUI with IUD.
The latter means Intra Uterine Device.
You will not be fined because of IUD!
Not yet!
Did you know
that?
-Each state in the USA has different driving
rules and
regulations.
-
Only three states in the USA
(Illinois, Iowa and New Hempshire) do not have a
motorcycle helmet law. In the other states to protect
your head is a law, not a
choice!
- In
Illinois we can renew our Driver's License through
the Internet, phone or mail, as long as we haven't
gotten a fine for the last fours
years.
- To use the cell phone
while driving is prohibited by law in Chicago, but it
is NOT in Rockford! :-D Nevertheless,
texting is!
- In
some states, like Connecticut and Pennsylvania it's
prohibited by law to carry a bottle or wine or other
liquor in the car, if it has been already
opened. Even if it's in the trunck, far away from the
driver's hands!!! Go figure!! So, drink up all
that booze before you leave the bar! ;-)
Then you better walk
home!

There you go Uncle Sam! What else should
we do, or not do, to be the good ones, huh?
Big Brother
is always watching us
here!
Dúvidas de gramática,
cultura, expressões idiomáticas
em inglês?
Drop me a line
at:
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