The word 'motorist' is both correct and commonly used in written English
It refers to a person who operates a motor vehicle, such as a car, truck, or motorcycle. You can use 'motorist' in any context where you are talking about someone who is driving a vehicle. For example: - The police officer pulled over the speeding motorist. - The highway was busy with weekend motorists heading to the beach. - The auto insurance company provides coverage for both motorists and pedestrians. - The campaign aims to raise awareness among motorists about the dangers of distracted driving. - The city has implemented measures to make the roads safer for cyclists and motorists alike.
"The longer a motorist protects their NCD and doesn't make a claim, the less cost-effective it becomes," says Kevin Pratt, insurance expert at Moneysupermarket.
Privately, police sources believe the perpetrator was disturbed, perhaps by a passing motorist, and panicked.
'The longer a motorist protects their NCD and doesn't claim, the less cost-effective it becomes' Kevin Pratt, Moneysupermarket Figures from Moneysupermarket show that protecting a five-year NCD would cost an average of £27 in the first year.
"Why pedestrians are meant to go up and down the skywalk is just because your motorist does not want to go up and down," says Joshi, who thinks skywalks can never compensate for footpaths.
If a motorist made a claim in the first year without protection, their premium in the second year would leap to £473 – a rise of £96.
He said by the fourth year the excise increase would add $2 to $3 every time the average motorist filled their car.
But the cost is passed on to citizens through, for example, the hundreds of dollars I have to pay out each year for a higher car-insurance premium in case I am hit by an uninsured motorist.
Gold Circle, a brand of condoms, ran an ad in 2009 in which a male motorist is stopped by the police.
In his pre-budget report this week, Mr Brown said that there was after all to be special help for hauliers, and farmers, and yes for the general motorist too, in the form of a "freeze" (actually a cut) in fuel duty.
Jaguar's new S-Type saloon, for example, which should hit the market next year, will allow a motorist to operate everything from the sound system to the air-conditioning to the navigation computer by voice.Another potentially useful innovation is the so-called reconfigurable display.
Whole cities have been built, and developed, round the whims of the private motorist.
