road test
nounDefinition of road test
1
: a test of a vehicle under practical operating conditions on the road
2
: a test on the road of a person's driving ability as a requirement for a driver's license
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Examples of road test in a Sentence
The car performed well on the road test.
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Linsky equated the state’s current gun laws to allowing someone to get their driver’s license without first taking a road test. — Matt Stout, BostonGlobe.com, "As national frustration builds on guns, dozens of proposals target already strict laws in Massachusetts," 28 Aug. 2019 Optimistic projections put self-driving cars in the daily lives of people within their lifetime — and early road tests made the technology seem tantalizingly close. — NBC News, "How U.S. ended up targeting a star Google engineer," 27 Aug. 2019 The company laid off about 100 self-driving car operators—the people who monitored its driverless cars during road tests—in July 2018. — Alison Griswold, Quartz, "Uber is laying off one-third of its global marketing team," 29 July 2019 This is last of a critical three-game stretch that will decide Oregon’s season and the last major road test. — oregonlive.com, "Oregon opponent early scouting report: USC," 18 July 2019 Sign up for our daily newsletter and never miss our latest and greatest stories Transportation Starsky heat up the competition for driverless trucks with its first closed road test of a completely driverless car. — Alex Davies, WIRED, "Aurora's Latest Deal Will Be a Heavy-Duty Test With Chrysler," 10 June 2019 The new sport car has been photographed undergoing road tests for months. — Bruce Schreiner, The Seattle Times, "GM to reveal next-generation Corvette in July," 12 Apr. 2019 The Samford University basketball team will face a tough Southern Conference challenge Saturday at 3 p.m. (CT) as the Bulldogs square off against the Mercer Bears in a key league road test to be held at Hawkins Arena. — Samford Athletics, AL.com, "Samford basketball heads to Mercer Saturday for early-season SoCon showdown," 12 Jan. 2018 Passing the exam exempts you from taking a road test at the DMV and entitles you to a 10 percent discount on your insurance. — Chuck Tannert, Popular Mechanics, "Here's How to Learn to Ride a Motorcycle and Get Your Motorcycle License," 7 Feb. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'road test.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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