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 | Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th 
 
	
		| seat belt 
  
 
 ˈseat belt  [seat belt seat belts] BrE NAmE   (also ˈsafety belt) noun
 a belt that is attached to the seat in a car or a plane and that you fasten around yourself so that you are not thrown out of the seat if there is an accident
 •Fasten your seat belts.
  See also: ↑safety belt
 
 Collocations:
 Driving
 Having a car
 have/own/ (BrE) run  a car
 ride  a motorcycle/motorbike
 drive/prefer/use  an automatic/a manual/(NAmE, informal) a stick shift
 have/get  your car serviced/fixed/repaired
 buy/sell  a used car/(especially BrE) a second-hand car
 take/pass/fail  a (BrE) driving test/(both NAmE) driver's test/road test
 get/obtain/have/lose/carry  a/your (BrE) driving licence/(NAmE) driver's license
 Driving
 put on/fasten/ (NAmE) buckle/wear/undo  your seat belt/safety belt
 put/turn/leave  the key in the ignition
 start  the car/engine
 (BrE) change/ (NAmE) shift/put sth into  gear
 press/put your foot on  the brake pedal/clutch/accelerator
 release  the clutch/(especially BrE) the handbrake/(both NAmE) the emergency brake/the parking brake
 drive/park/reverse  the car
 (BrE) indicate  left/right
 (especially NAmE) signal  that you are turning left/right
 take/miss  (BrE) the turning/(especially NAmE) the turn
 apply/hit/slam on  the brake(s)
 beep/honk/ (especially BrE) toot/ (BrE) sound  your horn
 Problems and accidents
 a car skids/crashes (into sth)/collides (with sth)
 swerve to avoid  an oncoming car/a pedestrian
 crash/lose control of  the car
 have/be in/be killed in/survive  a car crash/a car accident/(NAmE) a car wreck/a hit-and-run
 be run over/knocked down by  a car/bus/truck
 dent/hit  (BrE) the bonnet/(NAmE) the hood
 break/crack/shatter  (BrE) the windscreen/(NAmE) the windshield
 blow/ (especially BrE) burst/puncture  (BrE) a tyre/(NAmE) a tire
 get/have  (BrE) a flat tyre/a flat tire/a puncture
 inflate/change/fit/replace/check  a tyre/tire
 Traffic and driving regulations
 be caught in/get stuck in/sit in  a traffic jam
 cause  congestion/tailbacks/traffic jams/gridlock
 experience/face  lengthy delays
 beat/avoid  the traffic/the rush hour
 break/observe/ (NAmE) drive  the speed limit
 be caught on  (BrE) a speed camera
 stop sb for/pull sb over for/ (BrE, informal) be done for  speeding
 (both informal) run/ (BrE) jump  a red light/the lights
 be arrested for/charged with  (BrE) drink-driving/(both US) driving under the influence (DUI)/driving while intoxicated (DWI)
 be banned/ (BrE) disqualified  from driving
 
 
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