disabled vehicle
Roadside mechanical failure
A disabled vehicle is one that cannot move under its own power due to mechanical failure, accident damage, or other malfunction.
The term appears most often in traffic contexts—highway signs warn of a disabled vehicle ahead, and emergency lanes exist for pulling over disabled vehicles.
The phrase emphasizes the car's condition rather than its driver's.
- breakdownFailure or decomposition
- broken downNo longer operational
- strandedLeft without means to leave
- tow truckVehicle that pulls others
- roadside assistanceEmergency help for motorists
side of the road · roadside · hazard lights · warning triangle · flat tire · stalled · emergency · emergency lane · highway · shoulder · mechanic · engine trouble · check engine light · dead battery · out of gas · overheated · stuck · AAA
- disruptionsinterruption, disturbance, interference, delay, obstruction
- Towablestrailer, boat, camper, caravan, jet ski
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