vehicular

[ vee-hik-yuh-ler ]

/ viˈhɪk yə lər /

of, relating to, or for vehicles: a vehicular tunnel.

serving as a vehicle.

caused by a vehicle; attributed or attributable to vehicles: vehicular homicide.

carried on or transported by means of a vehicle: vehicular recording units.

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From the Late Latin word vehiculāris, dating back to 1610–20. See vehicle, -ar¹

non·ve·hic·u·lar, adjective

They employ an individual that not only has a serious drug problem; he was convicted of vehicular manslaughter.
The NFL’s Mindless Misogyny: Why Was Ray Rice Given a Slap on the Wrist for Beating His Fiancée?|Robert Silverman|July 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And the laws closing those few wild areas to motor vehicle or ATV use: Most public lands are far too open to vehicular use.
The Idea of Public Land Means Nothing to Utah County Commissioner|Doug Peacock|May 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
An infographic released by Sohu Business points to the obvious culprits: industrial emissions, coal, and vehicular exhaust.
The Chinese Can’t Catch Their Breath|Brendon Hong|May 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Turning 16 caused our parents to break out in a rash of vehicular insipidity.
P.J. O’Rourke on Grabbing the Keys to Happiness|P. J. O’Rourke|January 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Brent has been charged with vehicular manslaughter and a DUI, his second.
Jovan Belcher, Josh Brent, and NFL Players’ Self-Inflicted Tragedies|Pat O'Brien|December 14, 2012|DAILY BEAST
She never gets into a 'bus or takes any vehicular advantage over a widow, and she feels choky if she sees any one very old.
The Professional Aunt|Mary C.E. Wemyss
Horses are used only for cabs, oxen being the beasts used for vehicular traffic from one end of the country to the other.
Seven Legs Across the Seas|Samuel Murray
In three places the Dana was bridged over for vehicular traffic, and in two others for foot traffic.
Freeland|Theodor Hertzka
I had been hitherto by no means aware of what Johnson would probably have called "the vehicular opulence" of the Sussex shore.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 54, No. 334, August 1843|Various
This vehicular upbringing lasts five or six months at least, without interruption.
The Life of the Spider|J. Henri Fabre