Glossary of road transport terms
Terminology related to road transport—the transport of passengers or goods on paved (or otherwise improved) routes between places—is diverse, with variation between dialects of English.
There may also be regional differences within a single country, and some terms differ based on the side of the road traffic drives on.
This glossary is an alphabetical listing of road transport terms.
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