Chapitre 25 : Road Safety (la sécurité routière) Flashcards by Renaud Abate

Q

un usager de la route

A

a road user

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la signalisation routière

A

road signs

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un accident de voiture

A

a car crash / a car accident

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Q

un point noir

A

an accident blackspot

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Q

les victimes de la route

A

road casualties

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Q

les accidents mortels

A

road fatalities / traffic fatalities

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Q

être grièvement blessé

A

to be critically injured

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une collision frontale

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a head-on collision

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Q

rentrer de plein fouet dans une voiture

A

to crash head-on into a car

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Q

rentrer dans une voiture

A

to run into a car

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Q

un carambolage sur l’autoroute

A

a motorway pile-up

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Q

la délinquance routière

A

reckless driving

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un conducteur imprudent

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a careless driver

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Q

un chauffard

A

a roadhog

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Q

le Code de la route

A

the Highway Code

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Q

une infraction au Code de la route

A

a motoring offense

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Q

l’agressivité au volant

A

road rage

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Q

brûler un feu

A

to jump a light

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Q

franchir la ligne blanche

A

to cross the white line

Q

céder le passage

A

to give way

Q

avoir la priorité

A

to have (the) right of way

Q

attacher sa ceinture de sécurité

A

to fasten one’s seatbelt

Q

dépasser une voiture

A

to overtake a car

Q

une voiture banalisée

A

an unmarked police car

un radar automatique

a speed camera

un contrôle radar

a speed trap

dépasser la limitation de vitesse

to exceed the speed limit

se faire arrêter pour excès de vitesse

to get caught speeding

une amende pour excès de vitesse

a speeding ticket

se faire retirer son permis

to have one's licence suspended

un ralentisseur

a sleeping policeman / a speed bump

un régulateur de vitesse

a speed governor

un limiteur de vitesse

a speed limiter

un moteur bridé

a governed engine

un conducteur en état d'ébriété

a drink/drunk driver

la conduite en état d'ivresse

driving under the influence / drink driving / drunk driving

un alcootest / éthylomètre

a breathalyser

l'alcoolémie

the blood alcohol limit

passer au contrôle technique

to have an MOT

"passer son permis"

to take one's driving test

"pied au plancher"

foot down

"être au volant"

to be behind the wheel

"une hécatombe"

a carnage

"...d'une façon ou d'une autre"

...somehow or other

"Mieux vaut arriver en retard que de ne jamais arriver"

"Better late than dead on time"