curb crawler

Slow-driving solicitor

A curb crawler is someone who drives slowly along streets looking to solicit prostitutes or harass pedestrians—typically women.

The term is primarily British: Police arrested several curb crawlers in the red-light district.

The practice itself is curb crawling.

Also spelled kerb crawler.

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