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a person who travels by automobile
environmental organizations suggest that motorists get together and carpool to avoid adding to pollution levels
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Recent Examples of motorists
The crash pushed both cars into other motorists and injured other bystanders.
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Los Angeles Times, 25 Dec. 2024
Meteorologists cautioned motorists about powerful gusts that could make driving difficult for larger vehicles in the San Fernando and San Gabriel valleys.
—Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 25 Dec. 2024
According to an Ohio Department of Transportation press release issued Monday, all through-traffic motorists who are not planning stops within the I-275 outer belt are encouraged to use I-275 eastbound and drive around the loop.
—Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 24 Dec. 2024
In an effort to relieve Downtown traffic congestion, state transportation officials are asking some motorists to divert to Interstate 275 during the ongoing partial closure of the Daniel Carter Beard Bridge.
—Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 24 Dec. 2024
One hundred National Guardsmen were called out in some areas, particularly in those areas where motorists were stranded.
—Cheryl V. Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 23 Dec. 2024
Instead of charging drivers $15 as originally planned, the new toll would collect $9 from motorists with a goal of reducing traffic and pollution while funding improvements to New York City’s mass transit system.
—Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 23 Dec. 2024
When deputies attempted to initiate a traffic stop, Calvo allegedly accelerated at a high rate of speed and began weaving in and out of traffic, nearly striking other motorists, state police learned.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 19 Dec. 2024
New Jersey filed a lawsuit last year that is widely considered among the most formidable threats to congestion pricing, which aims to fund improvements in New York City’s mass transit system by charging motorists a toll to enter Manhattan below 60th Street.
—Ana Ley, New York Times, 19 Dec. 2024
Los Angeles Times, 25 Dec. 2024
Meteorologists cautioned motorists about powerful gusts that could make driving difficult for larger vehicles in the San Fernando and San Gabriel valleys.
—Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 25 Dec. 2024
According to an Ohio Department of Transportation press release issued Monday, all through-traffic motorists who are not planning stops within the I-275 outer belt are encouraged to use I-275 eastbound and drive around the loop.
—Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 24 Dec. 2024
In an effort to relieve Downtown traffic congestion, state transportation officials are asking some motorists to divert to Interstate 275 during the ongoing partial closure of the Daniel Carter Beard Bridge.
—Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 24 Dec. 2024
One hundred National Guardsmen were called out in some areas, particularly in those areas where motorists were stranded.
—Cheryl V. Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 23 Dec. 2024
Instead of charging drivers $15 as originally planned, the new toll would collect $9 from motorists with a goal of reducing traffic and pollution while funding improvements to New York City’s mass transit system.
—Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 23 Dec. 2024
When deputies attempted to initiate a traffic stop, Calvo allegedly accelerated at a high rate of speed and began weaving in and out of traffic, nearly striking other motorists, state police learned.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 19 Dec. 2024
New Jersey filed a lawsuit last year that is widely considered among the most formidable threats to congestion pricing, which aims to fund improvements in New York City’s mass transit system by charging motorists a toll to enter Manhattan below 60th Street.
—Ana Ley, New York Times, 19 Dec. 2024
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“Motorists.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/motorists. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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