roadeo U.S.
(ˈrəʊdiːəʊ)
[f. road n., after rodeo.]
A gathering of lorry drivers for competitive events in and exhibitions of driving skill.
| 1948 Sun (Baltimore) 23 Aug. 11/1 To be eligible to enter the roadeo drivers must have completed one year of no-accident driving for the same employer. 1952 N.Y. Times 12 Oct. ii. 18/2 The American Trucking Associations, Inc., was holding its annual Roadeo, a competition for champion, professional truckdrivers. Ibid. 18/2 The Roadeo course is a hard test of man's ability at the wheel. 1955 Amer. Speech XXX. 150 The roadeo or competition of truck drivers is now a familiar institution. 1971 M. Tak Truck Talk 131 Roadeo, the National Truck Roadeo, an exhibition and competition of driving skills in various classifications of motor vehicles for expert truckers. |