road users

Drivers and pedestrians

Road users are people traveling on public roads—drivers, cyclists, motorcyclists, and pedestrians alike.

The term appears most often in traffic law, safety campaigns, and signage, where it serves as a neutral category encompassing everyone who shares the road: All road users must obey traffic signals.

British English uses the phrase more frequently than American English.

Related

jaywalker · passenger · designated driver · right of way · blind spot · car · school bus · horse rider · crossing guard · reckless driving · hit and run · commuter · rush hour · traffic jam · seatbelt laws · speed limits · transportation · bike lanes

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mobility/activity status

road usersbystanders

People present but uninvolved

onlookers · spectators · residents · shopkeepers

relationship to infrastructure

road usersparking attendants

Staff who park cars

traffic wardens

mode of travel

road userssubway riders

Underground transit passengers

Family

road, roads, roadway, roadways, roadside, roadsides, roadster, roadsters, user

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Top 20,000
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G