24. Road Safety Flashcards

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Un accident de la route

A

A cat crash / a car accident

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Un usager de la route

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A road user

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La sécurité routière

A

Road safety

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Un point noir

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An accident blackspot

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Les victimes de la route

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Road casually

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Les accidents mortels

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Road fatalities / traffic fatalities

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Être grièvement blessé

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To be critically injured

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Une collision frontale

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A head-on collision

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Rentrer de plein fouet dans une voiture

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To crash head-on into a car

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Rentrer dans une voiture

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To run into a car

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Un carambolage sur l’autoroute

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A motorway pile-up

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La délinquance routière

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Reckless driving

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Un conducteur imprudent

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A careless driver

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Un chauffard

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A roadhog

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Le code le la route

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The Highway Code

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Une infraction au code de la route

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A motoring offense

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L’agressivité au volant

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Road rage

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Brûler un feu

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To jump a light / the lights

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Franchir la ligne blanche

A

To cross the white line

19
Q

Céder le passage

A

To give way

20
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Avoir la priorité

A

To have (the) right of way

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Attacher sa ceinture de sécurité

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To faster one’s seat belt

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Dépasser une voiture

A

To overtake a car

23
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Une voiture banalisée

A

An unmarked police car

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Un radar automatique

A

A speed camera

25
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Un contrôle radar

A

A speed trap

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Dépasser la limite de vitesse

A

To exceed the speed limit

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Se faire arrêter pour excès de vitesse

A

To get caught speeding

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Une amende pour excès de vitesse

A

A speeding ticket

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Q

Un ralentisseur

A

A sleeping policeman / a speed bump

30
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Un régulateur de vitesse

A

A speed governor

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Un moteur bridé

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A governed engine

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Un limiteur de vitesse

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A speed limiter

33
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Un conducteur en état d’ébriété

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A drunk driver (GB) / a drunk driver (US)

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La conduite en état d’ivresse

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Driving under the influence / drink driving (GB) / dunk driving (US)

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Q

Conduire sous l’emprise de l’alcool

A

To drive under the influence

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Un alcootest, un éthylomètre

A

A breathalyser

37
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L’alcoolémie

A

The blood alcohol limit

38
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Passer aux contrôle technique

A

To have an MOT

39
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D’une façon ou d’une autre

A

Somehow or other

40
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Il aurait dû prendre plus de leçons de conduire avant de passer son permis

A

He should have had more driving lessons before taking his driving test

41
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Se comporter de façon plus responsable

A

To behave more responsibly