Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A car to run on a hawser passed between a stranded vessel and the land; a life-car.
- noun A barney; a small car used on inclined planes and slopes to push up a mine-car.
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Examples
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On the belief that Trulli had taken the initiative, and illegally overtaken Lewis under safety-car conditions, the stewards not only elevated Lewis to 3rd, but penalised Trulli, and demoted him to 12th.
Archive 2009-04-01 Gordon McCabe 2009
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With regard to safety-car procedures the German was no different from footballers uncertain of the latest offside rule
Michael Schumacher pays penalty for his final pass at Fernando Alonso Richard Williams in Monaco 2010
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Race stewards penalized Vettel for a safety-car rule infringement.
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The penalty proved moot as Franchitti was already at the rear of the field, and had used the safety-car to catch the field.
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Additionally, with 13 laps left to go, race control announced that it would investigate nine other drivers for a safety-car irregularity.
NYT > Home Page 2010
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Fernando Alonso was third at the time of the safety-car deployment, but he finished ninth and he criticized race stewards for not punishing
NYT > Home Page 2010
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Massa one could hardly expect more than a place in the points without any external elements rain or safety-car considering how the race went.
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Kamui Kobayashi, the Japanese driver at the Sauber team, was one of the three who did not make a pit stop during the safety-car period.
NYT > Home Page 2010
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Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa one could hardly expect more than a place in the points without any external elements rain or safety-car considering how the race went.
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The mistake made during Q1 negatively conditioned the whole race: from the 19th and the 21st position on the grid for Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa one could hardly expect more than a place in the points without any external elements rain or safety-car considering how the race went.
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