reckless driver

collocation in English

meaningsofrecklessanddriver

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reckless
adjective
uk
/ˈrek.ləs/us
/ˈrek.ləs/
doing something dangerous and not worrying about the risks and the ...
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driver
noun[C]
uk
/ˈdraɪ.vər/us
/ˈdraɪ.vɚ/
someone who drives ...
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(Definition ofrecklessanddriverfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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But if he is arecklessdriverno driving test will stop him.
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What we can and must do is to try to eliminate therecklessdriverhimself.
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It will help the police to detect therecklessdrivermore easily than is possible at present.
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For there can be no shadow of doubt that the prime contribution to road accidents is therecklessdriver.
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It is only therecklessdriverwho is caught up.
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I think it is really ridiculous to say that if a motorist is insured it is going to make him arecklessdriver.
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It is therecklessdriverwho interferes with the pleasure of people on the road, whether they are driving or walking.
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We cannot expect to be able to perfect every stretch of road on which arecklessdrivermay come to grief.
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The studies have produced not a single piece of hard evidence that would substantiate the notion that wearing seat belts has encouraged morerecklessdriverbehaviour.
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He is noted as being arecklessdriver.
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She is highly skilled in hand-to-hand combat, with great speed and physical agility, and is an expert butrecklessdriver.
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He is also shown as arecklessdriver, once claiming to have flirted with four-digit speeds.
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Donut is arecklessdriver, often speeding, ignoring traffic signs, and occasionally wrecking the cars he steals.
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The fundamental attribution error may lead her to think that the driver of the other car was an unskilled orrecklessdriver.
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That will certainly catch some cases of reckless drivers.
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As regards reckless drivers, it is for the courts to determine what the proper punishment should be.
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Education through advertising and in schools would be helpful but is unlikely to catch the key target group of persistently fast and reckless drivers.
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They will gaol reckless drivers who are chased while trying to evade arrest while over the top.
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If there is a dangerous vehicle it is a motor cycle, and if there are dangerous and reckless drivers they are the drivers of motor cycles.
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