3. Traffic

Our words

country lane a small road with not much traffic I drove all day one country lane and there was only one car that drove past me pikkutie/
maantie
dual carriage way a highway that has four lanes We drive on dual carriage way at the moment nelikaistainen
moottoritie
crossroads a place where two streets join Turn left at that crossroad risteys
kerb raised edge at the side of a road I hit to the kerb so my wheel break out tienreuna/
reunakivetys
hard shoulder a narrow piece at the side of motorway (or normal road) where vehicles can stop in an emergency I had to stop to the hard shoulder pientare
sidewalk/
pavement
a flat part at the side of a road for people walk on This road doesn't have sidewalk so I have to walk on hard shoulder jalkakäytävä
pedestrian crossing a part of a road where vehicles must stop to allow people to cross  Pedestrian crossing is need to use if you don't want to car drive over you suojatie
curve when road bends gradually  The driver lost control on curve and the vehicle hit a tree mutka
main road a little bigger than other roads and usually if you're driving in this road you don't need to dodge anybody This is the main road which through we are getting to our destination päätie
camper van a large vehicle designed for people to live and sleep in when they are travelling It would be awesome to test what it's like to travel with camper van asuntoauto
caravan a road vehicle without an engine that is pulled by a car, designed for people to live and sleep in especially when they are on holiday The local farmer lets holiday caravans park on his land asuntovaunu
pedestrian a person walking in the street and not travelling with vehicle  Two pedestrians were injured when the car skidded jalankulkija
flat tyre when you can't continue on your way because one of your car's wheel is empty Sorry I'm late because I had flat tyre puhjennut rengas
tyre pressure when you're checking how much air there is inside your car's wheels  I need to check tyre pressures as soon as possible rengaspaine
mechanic a person whose job is repairing machines, especially the engines of vehicles My car's engine is broken, luckily my husband is mechanic mekaanikko
disabled parking place parking space which is meant for people who has difficulties with walking or uses wheelschair We can't park here because we don't have rights invaliidi parkkipaikka
traffic warden some kind of cop whose job is to check are people parking right and have they paid their parking payment Traffic warden gave me parking fine because I parked to the disabled parking place without permission pysäköinninvalvoja
traffic jam a long line of vehicles on a road that cannot move or that can move very slowly We were stuck in a traffic jam liikenneruuhka
roundabout/
traffic circle
circle shaped road, place where two or more roads meet and you can change your road Leave the roundabout at the second exit liikenneympyrä
multi-storey 
car park
a large building with several floors for parking cars in Let's go to the multi-storey car park if there is space to park pysäköintitalo
oncoming traffic when you can't use other lane next to you, because there is other drivers driving to the direction you're coming from Here is oncoming traffic vastaantuleva liikenne
automatic transmission when the car have feature, that you don't need to use gears because the car does it by it's own It's so easy to drive automatic transmission car automaattivaihteisto
manual transmission you need to change gears and use clutch depending on speed At first it was hard to practise how to drive manual transmission car manuaalivaihteisto
yield sign you have to yield others from some direction or all directions You must slow down because you have yield sign väistämisvelvollisuus
rear view the view you see from the mirror which is sticked in car's roof I can see from rear view that somebody is driving very closely us taustanäkymä
distance the meters that is between you and the other car There is too short distance between us and the car driving behind us etäisyys
honking if you honking, the car makes loud sound and that's how you can tell something to other drivers for example warn Is somebody honking to us? antaa äänimerkki, 
töötätä
icy road a road which is icy on it so it's very slippery Icy road can be dangerous jäinen tie
reverse gear if you want to go back you need to use reverse gear How does this reverse gear work? peruutusvaihde
traffic light lights which decide when it's your turn to continue driving, when lights turn green it's your turn Traffic light are looking red so we can't go yet liikennevalot