Re: Request help with traffic terminology

[Mike Barnes <mike -at- EXODUS -dot- CO -dot- UK>]

In alt.usage.english, RJ <rjaffe -at- inter -dot- net -dot- il> spake thuswise:
>Could someone help me with the correct terms

I assume that by "correct" you mean the usual conversational terms
rather than the official police terms.

>in American and British
>English

Here is a non-authoritative British contribution.

> for the types of traffic violations described below.

Here they're actually called "offences", not "violations".

>Speeding

Speeding.

>Tailgating (driving too close to the car in front)

Either "driving too close" or - in unrefined company - "driving up
[someone]'s arse".

>Driving in the breakdown lane

Driving on the hard shoulder.

>Driving over the solid median dividing line

Crossing the double white line[s].

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