escort vehicle
Motorcade protection car
An escort vehicle accompanies another vehicle or convoy to provide protection, guidance, or warning to other traffic.
Police cars escort funeral processions.
Pilot cars with flashing lights escort oversized loads on highways, alerting oncoming drivers: The wide load moved slowly, bracketed by escort vehicles front and rear.
- convoyGuarded traveling group
- motorcadeProcession of official vehicles
- secret serviceGovernment espionage organization
- policeCivil law enforcement
- securityProtection from threat
protection · flashing · hazard lights · lights · sirens · outrider · bodyguard · VIP · procession · highway · clearance · flanking · lead car · armored · chase · lead · follow · formation
- prisoner transportprison bus, prison transfer, secure transport, federal marshal, shackles
- heavy hauloversize load, oversized load, wide load, heavy hauler, pilot car
- convoysconvoy, motorcade, supply convoy, military convoy, caravan
- emergency vehiclesfire truck, ambulance, police car, cop car, rescue truck
- armored vehiclestank, armored car, armored truck, armored personnel carrier, Stryker
- ceremonial vehicleshearse, royal carriage, state coach, golden coach, royal coach
primary vs. support role in convoy
escort vehiclelead vehicle
Foremost in a motorcade
limousine · wide load · oversized load · armored car · transport truck
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