motorist
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Salazar was identified as the suspect after a motorist contacted authorities regarding a driver who had aggressively confronted him minutes before Clinkunbroomer was killed, according to evidence presented at a prior hearing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
The other man carried on and was eventually able to get help from a passing motorist, who alerted authorities.
From Barron's ● Aug. 24, 2026
Councillor Ivan Keatley, of Fine Gael, said he understood the alarm was raised by a motorist who "came upon the horrific scene" and said the emergency services had attended "almost immediately".
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
“My car was nearly 20 years old, and I only carried liability and uninsured motorist coverage, not collision coverage.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
Each time they came to a road, the BFG was over it and away, and no motorist could possibly have seen anything except a quick black shadow flashing overhead.
From "The BFG" by Roald Dahl
Streets on the Balboa Peninsula in Newport Beach were flooded with at least a foot of water during high tides, with police advising residents and motorists to avoid the area.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
Data from the UK's Department for Transport shows that motorists in Northern Ireland are more reliant on diesel than those in other parts of the UK.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
Ever since Iraq invaded Kuwait, curious motorists passing through the Mojave Desert have stopped to ask the way to Bagdad, the California ghost town named in the 1800s for the Middle Eastern capital.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
French motorists are clogging TotalEnergies service stations to fill up with discount gasoline but its rivals are crying foul, accusing the energy giant of distorting competition with the encouragement of the government.
From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026
In 2003, researchers at Harvard University did a risk analysis and projected that motorists distracted by their cell phones caused 2,300 deaths each year and 330,0 injury accidents.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
