Notes

racers
a manual car/to drive stick - My goal was just to see if I could drive a manual car_Can Kyle drive stick?
a car with automatic transmission
to give way/yield to - A host should yield to a guest, as you well know!
to sound/honk / toot a horn - The driver tooted /honked(her horn) _ The train toots its whistle as it passes by.
to change/ shift/switch gear
to pass (to overtake) - If you pull out to overtake a lorry and put your foot down _ When we pull out tomorrow
to cut off/cut in on smb
to hit /press the brakes
to fill up with petrol (gas)
to run out of petrol (gas)
to speed up
to carpool - a group of people who travel together, especially to work or school, usually in a different member's car each day
to pull over - It's time for you to pull over and buy us a meal. - притормозить. You in the jeep, pull over - съехать на обочину

Problems
congestion - затор - The demand for parking, of course, is down, congestion and the CO2 emissions
a long tailback/???to - a tailback over 10 km - Yesterday there was a four-mile tailback on the main road into the city after a crash.
to??? - a pile-up - a traffic accident involving several vehicles that hit each other
dense traffic
heavy traffic
to drive/go/run through a red light
to drive on the wrong side of the road
to violate traffic signals
traffic-related accidents - Children's health is at risk due to traffic-related accidents
fatality - And it looks like there might be a fatality (несчастный случай со смертельным исходом)
road rage - агрессивное поведение на дороге
to park in a tow away zone - Sweeney's car turned up abandoned in a tow-away zone (зона принудительной отбуксировки)
jaywalking - to walk across a street at a place where it is not allowed
joyriding - driving fast and dangerously for pleasure, especially in a stolen vehicle
reckless driving - Speeding equals reckless driving (неосторожное - Munir is simple, Kasim is reckless- безответсвенный)

hazard lights - сигнальные огни
milometer - километраж
to ride shotgun - Once in a while, the best course of action is to just ride shotgun.
backseat driver - непрошенный советчик