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road·wor·thy

 (rōd′wûr′thē)
adj. road·wor·thi·er, road·wor·thi·est
Fit to be driven on the open road: a roadworthy truck.
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roadworthy

(ˈrəʊdˌwɜːðɪ)
adj
(Automotive Engineering) (of a motor vehicle) mechanically sound; fit for use on the roads
n, pl -ies
(Automotive Engineering) South African a certificate of roadworthiness for a motor vehicle
ˈroadˌworthiness n
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roadworthy

[ˈrəʊdˌwɜːðɪ] ADJ [car etc] → en buen estado (para circular)
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

roadworthy

[ˈrəʊdwɜːrði] adjen bon état de marche
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

roadworthy

[ˈrəʊdˌwɜːðɪ] adj (vehicle) → in buono stato di marcia
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

road

(rəud) noun
1. a strip of ground usually with a hard level surface for people, vehicles etc to travel on. This road takes you past the school; (also adjective) road safety.
2. (often abbreviated to Rd when written) used in the names of roads or streets. His address is 24 School Road.
3. a route; the correct road(s) to follow in order to arrive somewhere. We'd better look at the map because I'm not sure of the road.
4. a way that leads to something. the road to peace; He's on the road to ruin.
ˈroadblock noun
a barrier put across a road (eg by the police) in order to stop or slow down traffic. to set up a roadblock.
road map
a map showing the roads of (part of) a country.
ˈroadside noun
the ground beside a road. flowers growing by the roadside; (also adjective) a roadside café.
ˈroadway noun
the part of a road on which cars etc travel. Don't walk on the roadway.
ˈroadworks noun plural
the building or repairing of a road. The traffic was held up by the roadworks.
ˈroadworthy adjective
good enough or safe to be used on the road. Is this car roadworthy?
ˈroadworthiness noun
by road
in a lorry, car etc. We'll send the furniture by road rather than by rail; We came by road.
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However, NHS Grampian, has insisted the lorries are "roadworthy and safe", and used by businesses around the world.
Robert Ace Barbers, as he filed a measure requiring both new applicants for driver's license and existing licensed drivers to undergo a mandatory roadworthy driving seminar and an actual driving test before the issuance or renewal of their driver's license.
As well as sourcing the various cars for the series, the production team obviously spent time making sure the banter bus was finally roadworthy again.
In the past, as long as your car was deemed roadworthy, you could keep driving it even after it failed, provided your old MoT was still valid.
'It's your responsibility to make your vehicles roadworthy,' Delgra said.
But Volkswagen said: "The vehicles are safe and roadworthy, and perform as advertised."
You were vehicle roadworthy the public District Sam There, he ran from the car, but he was caught by police and arrested, the court heard.
I called the AA and the mechanic advised me to take it back to the garage as it was dangerous and not roadworthy. The garage is saying they are not responsible as I had the opportunity to inspect the car.
The roadworthy test reveals that a huge 63% of Huddersfield motorists were unaware that four worn out tyres could result in a PS10,000 fine.
The program, M6 called Death Of Diana: The Incredible Revelation, claimed that just two months before Princess Diana's death on August 31, 1997, there was reportedly a warning that the car was not roadworthy.
"I was speaking to him the other day and his bike was not even roadworthy. It's got no brakes and it creaks," the 30-year-old said.