Let's Learn English! Topic: Driving! 🚗🛣️🚘 (Lesson Only)

paying attention when they are in charge. And then we also

in charge of something when you're the leader and someone

where someone isn't paying attention to what they're

teacher. I would say they're a backseat driver. So when you're

not just when you're driving. Uh it can also be any situation

classroom when I was looking out the window. Um later the

driving. If someone is in charge of a company and things

Someone might say oh they were asleep at the wheel. If the

are asleep at the wheel it will cause an accident. But this

quite common in some of your countries. But in my area it

think it actually helps me. I don't I think I can I think I

traffic. You can kind of just keep going. You always in

to build what's called a roundabout. Roundabouts are

are stoplights at an intersection. Sometimes it's

roads cross we would call that an intersection. Usually there

little stop sign helping kids cross the road. An

go to town. There are crossing guards in different places in

road by themselves. But it's much safer when a crossing

you might see a crosswalk. Usually these are marked with

little light and usually there's a stoplight and the

out of the car and and stretch a little before I kept driving.

would then say the police pulled me over. You don't want

where you're going and you can drive forward. So just a quick

almost everywhere in the world. It's called double parking.

decide to pull over. That's when you're on the road and you

go on to the side of the road. This person decided to pull

to parallel park. Where I can just drive in and not have to

Sometimes when you back out of your driveway you have to look

then you back beside them. So when you start your cars are

parallel to each other. Um this is something that was very

parking spot. And you park I think it's called parallel

along and you see a pylon you know that you should be more

of your driveway it means you're driving out. Sometimes

driveway. But in this situation you can see this person has

out. Etcetera etcetera.

So if you are facing away from your house you can pull out of

decided to pull into their driveway. So they pull into

backwards. So this is the opposite then of to pull into.

house. So you pull into your driveway. If you're in your

you've decided to go into the driveway in front of your

your house and you are going in reverse. So if you are in a

you back out of the driveway it means that your car is facing

lose your license. You might even go to jail if you hurt

this and you get caught you will probably get a DUI which

do this. It is illegal in almost every country in the

run a red light. It means that you're driving along and you

you go through it we say that you are running a red light.

this you endanger the life of other people. If you do this it

little too quickly. Um this person it's not a good example.

leave very much space. Let me stop this video. It's going a

someone off if you watch the black truck right there. So

deal. So I couldn't find a good video of this. But when you cut

And if someone says did anyone get hurt? And you might say no

another car. But yes a fender bender. Um so often if you say

indeed. But definitely when you're out driving you want to

own fault though. I turned too sharp and I I kind of hit

along the front. The fender is the piece around the wheels on

to avoid getting into any kind of collision especially a head

a fender bender. If you look at the dent in this car the dent

head on collision or if you hit someone head on. It means the

happen and I could not find a video of this actually

kind of ran over the curb as well. You never want to have

car and then I ran over the pop bottle so past tense. So when

run over the other day? Someone threw a pop bottle out of the

he's going to run over the grass and he's going to run

can run over a pop can. You can accidentally run over animals

over the curb. In English when you say that someone runs over

an intersection is a place where maybe in the city roads

or streets run north south and east west. And wherever those

can go through that intersection faster now because

who's not the leader keeps telling you how to do your job

places where you don't have to stop if you don't see any

that says they're allowed to walk across a little person a

experience. Especially if you get hurt. Um so hopefully none

driving along and you see pylons you know that there's

have another phrase backseat driver. So if someone sits in

to beat the rush. They Want to leave before everyone else

sometimes call it a car crash or just a crash. A car accident

In Canada or at least in my part of Canada we have started

most likely to experience a traffic jam or to get stuck in

doing. So literal translation you fall asleep while driving.

people will cross the road. A crossing guard is someone who

teacher keeps telling me how to do it. And they're not the

these children want to cross the road. Kids can cross the

Canada move to the right and go around the roundabout and then

more traffic. So between seven and 9 AM is rush hour. It's

the back seat and tells you how to drive we call them a

people can walk across the road. Usually there's a light

was some Something new for some people. So some people weren't

town to help large groups of kids walk across the road so

behind you and you'll hear their siren and light. You'll

go wrong because they weren't running the company right.

there is a roundabout. So this is something you should never

something. So when it's when there's inaction you might say

just to pull over and to relax a bit. Have a cup of tea. Enjoy

they can get safely to school. I think it's probably a nice

see this crossing guard has a stop sign in their hand and

English phrase is actually used for times when you're not

situations. Let's say I'm teaching a class and another

principal could say were you asleep at the wheel? So it's

They had road rage. So not a good emotion to have. If you

Sometimes on the news you'll hear that someone drove their

oh they were asleep at the wheel. Um if students let's say

Also used as a phrase to describe when someone isn't

I wasn't paying attention and students snuck out of my

put your hazard lights on those are the little flashing lights

we sometimes refer to that person as a backseat driver.

everyone a while to get used to it. I know roundabouts are

intersection. By the way you can see the white lines which

you get off on the proper road. Um we just received or got a

helps school aged children cross the road safely. You can

government decides if the government doesn't do

as nice in the middle of the winter. Because they do this

couldn't find one. But when you parallel park you are in the

just a stop sign. Um but an intersection is a place where

is a place where two roads or maybe more than two roads cross

sure how to use it properly. But a roundabout I like them. I

everyday. Crossing guards are out there every day. But yes a

sometimes when you are driving you need to pull over.

nice thing to do. Double parking is illegal. Even if you

roundabout in our local town a few years ago. So it took

Sometimes the police will pull you over. So notice you can

But I usually look for a parking spot where I don't have

But I would say the black vehicle has cut off I think

construction ahead. You should slow down. In Canada they are

over. Sometimes when you're driving the police will be

to parallel park. So I did eventually learn how to do it.

that that are usually amber or orange on the corners of your

in your mirrors and it's a little trickier. But when you

This is something you do when you park beside someone. So

down so that you don't hit something or don't do something

parking because you start by pulling up beside someone and

bumper. So when you tailgate it means you're driving you're

know that you need to stop. You know or stop or at least slow

backseat driver. But we also use this phrase in other

have a video for this one. It was very hard to find one. I

something you should never do. This is extremely dangerous.

difficult for me to learn. It's very hard for me to learn how

you either go straight or you decide to turn left or right.

always orange. Or mostly they're orange. They are always

to someone oh I got in a small accident on the way to work.

do. You should never fall asleep while driving. If you

see their lights and then you need to pull over. And you

vehicle. So do not double park. Never a nice thing to do. Uh

of the verb. So when I park my car I will often back in. And

over. Do you understand the difference? If I was tired, I

that would endanger other people. So if you're driving

are the crosswalk at this intersection. An intersection

light. So I changed it to a red light. I put a red. on it. You

or you could say it's where four roads meet or streets. Uh

someone. So when you back out when you are in a driveway and

easier way to do it. Um I like parking this way because then I

pull out a your driveway or when you pull out you can see

guard helps them. So usually in the morning and at night when I

driveway and you decide to leave you back out of your

you're driving your car and you park. They're already parked on

job in this fall and spring. But I think it's probably not

would pull over and I would just rest for a bit, maybe get

the side of the road. And then you park beside them. So not a

a parking spot. So you have a car you back your car into a

think about it. And this is something that is illegal

Uh when you pull pull into your driveway you're on the road and

cautious with your driving. Parallel parking. So I don't

you're driving you don't want to run over anything. You want

Where no one's really injured but your car gets a dent in it.

light will be red. So a crosswalk is a place where

construction happening somewhere. So when you're

don't have to think too much when I leave my house.

city and you are driving along and you can back your car into

orange. So when you're driving along and you see pylons you

If I was speeding, the police might pull me over. In the city

to get pulled over. But sometimes you decide to pull

some kind of white lines. A crosswalk is a place where

then I will pull out when I'm ready to leave. It's just an

are pylons. When you see pylons you know there is most likely

when you're driving along the road you will see these. These

don't run a red light. Always a bad thing to do. And this is

into you drive into your driveway. And when you pull out

your driveway or you can pull out. You can use both versions

You should never run a red light. It is a bad idea. So

he's not really close enough to the video to the car in the

it's also part of the fender. So the bumper is the piece

skills. It was actually the original video. It was a green

their driveway. Park their car. Get out. Get their groceries

something if you run over something with your car it

review again. When you back out you go backwards. When you pull

driveway and you back out of the driveway you are going

Toronto. And he would leave at 4 AM to go to work to beat the

or people. I don't want to talk about that. But whenever you

means it goes under your car. You can run over garbage. You

much space between the two vehicles we would say that you

see a stoplight and it's red and you're supposed to stop. In

most likely be injured or it will be very very serious

the arena or stadium. And the game's not over. But they want

them. And you are not capable of driving safely. Don't ever

This is very very bad and it's called drunk driving. If you do

cut someone off. Cut off. Um and then this is not a great

video. But when you cut someone off it means you pass them and

other vehicle. So when you tailgate someone you follow

a minor fender bender. Minor means like not that big of a

Canada there are severe severe punishments for this. You will

example either. This is someone who is tailgating. When you

drive carefully. You want to drive cautiously and you want

it was just a fender bender. You might even say minor. Just

type of accident. If you are in a head on collision you will

world. And it is not a good thing to do. Um and if you do

really close to them. So it's different than bumper to

to be careful. But this guy he for some reason he is if you

someone with your car and you follow them too closely. Run a

tailgate someone it means you follow them and you're really

vehicles and one moves in front really really quickly without

is kind of on the bumper but also around the side of the car

happening. It's very very dangerous. But if you are in a

it's a Tesla isn't it? This is a Tesla. So when you have two

red light. So I had to edit this video a little bit. It was

morning and they'll try and leave work. You see this one

in your country driving while intoxicated. But certainly in

Canada when you see a red light you're supposed to stop. But if

happen. You do not want to get into a car accident. We

then you move in front of them really quickly and you don't

like the older gentleman rear rendered the younger gentlemen.

run over the curb you see how he went off the road and he

front of both cars hit each other. This technically isn't

watch him he will run over the grass. Right now as soon as you

car accident. But certainly a car accident is not a nice

leaves. And then this is the thing you don't want to have

word to say. Um I was in a fender bender once. It was my

quite lined up the toy cars. So generally a head on collision

gentlemen they have just been in a car accident. It looks

Um a car accident is not a nice thing. Thankfully cars are much

is when one car hits another car. You can see these two

called to beat the rush. Sometimes on a Friday people

is when someone coming from the other way hits you and the

will leave work. They'll come into work really early in the

quite a head on collision because the cars they're not

actually I don't know if you can see my elite video editing

means driving under the influence or it might be a DWI

We call it a fender bender. It rhymes. So it's kind of a fun

safer these days. I think because of airbags and because

means you leave early. Some people do this when they go and

moving along and the one vehicle is right behind the

on collision. Sometimes though you just get into what's called

means you are consuming beverages that have alcohol in

rush. And he would finish his school day at two o'clock and

when I rush through my lesson I talk really fast. Um so rush

traffic. Also probably three thirty and six o'clock at night

when noone is on the highway. In fact there's something

the side. And when you have an accident that's somewhat minor.

someone who lived here and taught at a high school in

the nice spring air and then get back on the highway after

and eventually you get angry. We call this road rage.

of you have any car accidents in the future or ever. So you

fronts of both cars hit. It is probably the most dangerous

of how cars are designed you're less likely to get injured in a

everyone's trying to get home again. Jen and I try to drive

when most people are driving on the highways. It's when you're

couple vehicles in a moment going the other way. These

we're going through or to the city. It's just better to drive

people probably left work early to beat the rush. I knew

vehicle there's only one vehicle going one way and a

When you hit a car from behind I don't have this word in the

you have calmed down. So a couple times a day we have

time. And people get off work around the same time. There's

leave to beat the rush. So when you try to beat the rush it

vocabulary list but it looks like he rear ended that person.

to beat the rush. Sometimes you'll see people on TV leaving

watch a sports game. They'll leave the game before it's over

see right now he is going to run over the grass and then he

have to watch this video clip for a bit. This guy is going to

when it's not rush hour if we need to go on the highway or if

Sometimes road rage results in someone committing a crime.

see something on the road ahead let's say there's what did I

are driving and you are getting angry it's probably a good idea

car and hit someone else's car because they were so angry.

English rush means to do something quickly. You know

hour is when everyone's trying to get to work and when

is rush hour again. It's when everyone is going home. So in

late for an appointment because she is stuck in traffic. Um No

someone almost hits you and you get angry. Maybe you're in

frustrating as well. Um Jen and I went on a trip last fall and

almost touching. Okay? So you could say oh I was late for

work yesterday because I was in bumper to bumper traffic for an

people experience when traffic is bad or when another driver

when we say it is bumper to bumper traffic we mean that are

It means exactly that. The traffic stops. And then the

I'm late because I was stuck in traffic. So you can see this

back of a car. The piece that if you were to hit another

traffic. You're stuck in traffic. You're in bumper to

traffic goes. It's very similar to being in a traffic jam. It's

bumper traffic for so long. You get more and more frustrated

the same thing. Um stop and go traffic can be very very

work at the same time in the morning or around the same

something called rush hour. Because a lot of people start

stop and go for sure. And then this is something that some

we the GPS said there was an accident ahead but we didn't

rubber or metal piece on the front and back of a car. So

vehicle you would hit bumpers. Okay. It's kind of the plastic

hour. It took forever to get to work. So it's very similar to

or angry. And it's called road rage. Road rage is when you get

angry. I know I mentioned the emotion of fear. But road rage

traffic jams isn't it? Uh we describe it as bumper to bumper

you know when to go and when to stop. Cuz you don't want to

for an hour. We also describe it's a lot of phrases for

get off the highway and we ended up in stop and go traffic

traffic. So the bumper is what you have on the front and the

does something that makes you a little bit frightened or afraid

we also use the phrase stuck in traffic. Sometimes when you go

to the city sometimes when I go to Toronto I end up in a

stop and go when you say that you are in stop and go traffic.

traffic goes and then the traffic stops. And then the

Maybe that would make you happy. We also use the term

I don't experience this very often. But sometimes when I go

You can see the lady in the car beside him is checking her

is really about anger. Maybe you're driving along and

of the highway is closed and everyone has to merge into one

cause another car accident. When you are in a traffic jam

to a meeting when I go to a meeting in the city sometimes

or listen to an English podcast when you're stuck in traffic.

have to pay attention when you are in a traffic jam so that

traffic goes and then the traffic stops and then the

might experience when you are driving. These are things that

one is happy when they're stuck in traffic. Okay maybe that

lane. Traffic jams can be very very frustrating. You really

gentleman here is not very happy. He is stuck in traffic.

I'll talk about a whole bunch of different things that you

traffic jam. A traffic jam is a situation where traffic is

either moving very slowly or traffic is not moving at all.

I'm going to talk about. Luckily I live in an area where

lesson about driving. Traffic jam. So this is the first thing

watch. Because she's probably going to be late for work or

that's not true. Maybe you can listen to your favourite music

a car at some point in your life. In this English lesson

when you are driving. So once again welcome to this English

I'm not sure if you own a car or if you sometimes rent a car

Well hello and welcome to this English lesson about driving.

Maybe there's an accident up ahead. Maybe one of the lanes

might happen on your way to work. They might happen on your

way to school. It might be something you see or notice

You.

their lives. If you don't drive a car I'm sure you've ridden in

but driving is something that most humans do at some point in