On the road - vocabulary

People enjoy the mobility that owning a car gives them.

• People enjoy being able to travel easily from one place to another.
  

• People enjoy being able to drive very fast.
  

What’s your destination?

• Where have you come from?
  

• Where are you going to?
  

Congestion in the city centre has increased dramatically.

• It is now easier to drive around the city centre than it was before.
  

• It is now more difficult to drive around the city centre than it was
  before.
  

The local council wants to reduce the risks to pedestrians.

• The local council wants to make it safer for people to walk along
  the street.
  

• The local council wants to make it safer for drivers and their
  passengers.
  

Traffic-calming measures are becoming increasingly common throughout
the country.

• People have to drive more slowly because of the increased number of
  police in villages and towns.
  

• People have to drive more carefully through towns and villages
  because of specially-built obstacles in the road
  

The centre of Camford has been designated a traffic-free zone.

• You cannot take your car into the centre of Camford
  

• You can park your car for free in the centre of Camford.
  

The junction of London Road and Holly Street is an accident black spot.

• A lot of traffic accidents happen here.
  

• Not many accidents happen here.