Cars are parked in parking lots , not car parks. Streets meet at junctions as well as intersections. Trams are street cars or trolleys . Americans call pick-ups . Roundabouts are usually called traffic circles .
Cheques are checks .
Pubs are usually bars . Housing estates are projects . Californians hitch or give rides rather than lifts. San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit, a fairly decent but rather limited version of the London Underground or Washington DC Metro systems.