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vehicular

"Vehicular" is an adjective with essentially one core meaning, but it appears in a few important and common phrases worth knowing especially in legal, traffic, and everyday contexts.

1adjectiverelating to vehicles

When something involves or is connected to vehicles cars, trucks, buses, motorcycles you can describe it as 'vehicular'. Think of it as the adjective form of the word 'vehicle'. Instead of saying 'traffic made by vehicles', you can simply say 'vehicular traffic'.

everyday language, law, urban planning · Modern, widely used

The bridge was closed to vehicular traffic after the storm damaged its structure.

The city centre has several pedestrian-only zones with no vehicular access.

The new road was built to reduce vehicular congestion in the town.

2adjectivelegal vehicular homicide / manslaughter

In legal language, 'vehicular' is often used to describe a crime or accident that happened because of a vehicle. For example, 'vehicular homicide' means causing someone's death by driving dangerously or carelessly. You will hear this phrase a lot in news reports and courtroom contexts.

law, journalism · Modern, widely used

The driver was charged with vehicular manslaughter after running a red light and killing a cyclist.

The court case involved a charge of vehicular assault after the driver hit a pedestrian.

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