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- adjective describing a
vehicle which is notsafe for use on theroad .
Etymologies
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Examples
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We anticipated as much when we went to book it as many companies turned us away saying their bus had arrived in an 'unroadworthy' state and needed a day of repair!
TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010
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Somehow, idle in their yards for the past seven weeks, 287 buses have become unroadworthy.
Archive 2009-01-01 2009
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I could do this to find the best places to lie in wait for a drink driver on his way home, (His - because they were mainly middle aged men - driving alone - driving Vauxhall Cavaliers …) and to pull over petty criminals in unroadworthy cars (by looking out for aged and decrepit Metros, Maestros, Fiestas, Escorts, Novas, Astras and the faithful Cavalier again …)
The Underclass, Knives and Flip Flops! « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2008
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I've been trying to find out what you can legally do in Australia to get money for a car that is unroadworthy, but still basically functional.
Probably only of interest to locals StyleyGeek 2009
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As long as you tell them it's unroadworthy, you're done.
Probably only of interest to locals StyleyGeek 2009
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The most disturbing ones are the ones which were totally preventable … the drink driving, the unroadworthy vehicle, the tired drivers.
The Rich Girls Are Weeping « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2007
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I've been trying to find out what you can legally do in Australia to get money for a car that is unroadworthy, but still basically functional.
Archive 2009-01-01 StyleyGeek 2009
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Somehow, idle in their yards for the past seven weeks, 287 buses have become unroadworthy.
Bus strike musings 2009
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Radebe said that between 10 to 15 percent of all fatal crashes in the country involved unroadworthy vehicles.
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Juggernaut - a campaign focused on eliminating unroadworthy vehicles from the country's roads.
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