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 |