highway patrol

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noun

a state law-enforcement organization whose officers safeguard the highways.

a law-enforcement officer or group of officers assigned to patrol a highway.

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The Nevada trooper first told Stephen Lara the highway patrol was educating drivers “about violations they may not realize they’re committing,” and that he’d been pulled over for following a tanker truck too closely.
A former Marine was pulled over for following a truck too closely. Police took nearly $87,000 of his cash.|Matt Zapotosky|September 1, 2021|Washington Post
Then they came up against a police patrol on mountain bicycles, which again led to more shooting, without injuries.
Police Hunt for Paris Massacre Suspects|Tracy McNicoll, Christopher Dickey|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
It was a brick wall that we turned into the on-ramp of a highway.
Coffee Talk with Fred Armisen: On ‘Portlandia,’ Meeting Obama, and Taylor Swift’s Greatness|Marlow Stern|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Cruce operates the Iron Hill Campground on the other side of the highway.
The 7-Year-Old Plane Crash Survivor’s Brutal Journey Through the Woods|James Higdon|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST

“They just walk around, they ride in their patrol cars, and they just pass by,” he said.
Ground Zero of the NYPD Slowdown|Batya Ungar-Sargon|January 1, 2015|DAILY BEAST
With the midterm elections safely in the rearview mirror, Obama is on legacy patrol.
Obama’s One Hand Clap With Castro|Doug McIntyre|December 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
An automobilist must exercise reasonable or ordinary care to avoid injury to other persons using the highway.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman|Albert Sidney Bolles
This rule however does not apply to travelers walking along a rural highway.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman|Albert Sidney Bolles
He must keep a reasonably careful lookout for other travelers in order to avoid collision; also for defects in the highway.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman|Albert Sidney Bolles
A big touring car stood in the narrow lane, headed toward the broad highway from which Jessie and Amy had come.
The Campfire Girls of Roselawn|Margaret Penrose
Go not out into the fields, nor walk in the highway: for the sword of the enemy, and fear is on every side.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various