distracted driver
noun[C]
USuk/dɪˌstræk.tɪd ˈdraɪ.vər/us/dɪˌstræk.tɪd ˈdraɪ.vɚ/someone who istryingto do somethingelse, forexampleuse amobilephone, at the sametimeasdriving:
（不专心开车的）分心司机Eachyear, anestimated284,000distracteddriversareinvolvedinseriouscrashes.据估计，每年有284,000名司机因开车时分心而造成严重的交通事故。
- Cellphoneuse wasblamedfor only 1.5% of theaccidentscausedbydistracteddrivers.
- Tohelpdecreasethenumberofaccidentscausedbydistracteddrivers, we aredistributing500hands-freecellularphonedevices.
- Distracteddriversare the mostcommoncauseof thecrashesat theintersection, he said.
- Fourteenswerekilledwhen adistracteddriverslammedinto atree.
On the road: driving & operating road vehicles
- aquaplaning
- backsomeoneup
- behind the wheelidiom
- bike
- biting point
- boxed in
- branch off
- coast
- drive off
- DWI
- jam
- pullsomeoneup shortidiom
- satnav
- self-driving
- snow chains
- stall
- steerable
- tailgating
- undertake
- undertaking
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