Chapitre 25 : Road Safety (la sécurité routière) Flashcards

1
Q

un usager de la route

A

a road user

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2
Q

la signalisation routière

A

road signs

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3
Q

un accident de voiture

A

a car crash / a car accident

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4
Q

un point noir

A

an accident blackspot

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5
Q

les victimes de la route

A

road casualties

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6
Q

les accidents mortels

A

road fatalities / traffic fatalities

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7
Q

être grièvement blessé

A

to be critically injured

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8
Q

une collision frontale

A

a head-on collision

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9
Q

rentrer de plein fouet dans une voiture

A

to crash head-on into a car

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10
Q

rentrer dans une voiture

A

to run into a car

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11
Q

un carambolage sur l’autoroute

A

a motorway pile-up

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12
Q

la délinquance routière

A

reckless driving

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13
Q

un conducteur imprudent

A

a careless driver

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14
Q

un chauffard

A

a roadhog

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15
Q

le Code de la route

A

the Highway Code

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16
Q

une infraction au Code de la route

A

a motoring offense

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17
Q

l’agressivité au volant

A

road rage

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18
Q

brûler un feu

A

to jump a light

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19
Q

franchir la ligne blanche

A

to cross the white line

20
Q

céder le passage

A

to give way

21
Q

avoir la priorité

A

to have (the) right of way

22
Q

attacher sa ceinture de sécurité

A

to fasten one’s seatbelt

23
Q

dépasser une voiture

A

to overtake a car

24
Q

une voiture banalisée

A

an unmarked police car

25
Q

un radar automatique

A

a speed camera

26
Q

un contrôle radar

A

a speed trap

27
Q

dépasser la limitation de vitesse

A

to exceed the speed limit

28
Q

se faire arrêter pour excès de vitesse

A

to get caught speeding

29
Q

une amende pour excès de vitesse

A

a speeding ticket

30
Q

se faire retirer son permis

A

to have one’s licence suspended

31
Q

un ralentisseur

A

a sleeping policeman / a speed bump

32
Q

un régulateur de vitesse

A

a speed governor

33
Q

un limiteur de vitesse

A

a speed limiter

34
Q

un moteur bridé

A

a governed engine

35
Q

un conducteur en état d’ébriété

A

a drink/drunk driver

36
Q

la conduite en état d’ivresse

A

driving under the influence / drink driving / drunk driving

37
Q

un alcootest / éthylomètre

A

a breathalyser

38
Q

l’alcoolémie

A

the blood alcohol limit

39
Q

passer au contrôle technique

A

to have an MOT

40
Q

“passer son permis”

A

to take one’s driving test

41
Q

“pied au plancher”

A

foot down

42
Q

“être au volant”

A

to be behind the wheel

43
Q

“une hécatombe”

A

a carnage

44
Q

“…d’une façon ou d’une autre”

A

…somehow or other

45
Q

“Mieux vaut arriver en retard que de ne jamais arriver”

A

“Better late than dead on time”