Cars have hoods rather than bonnets, trunks rather than boots, windshields rather than windscreens, gas pedals rather than accelerators, emergency or parking brakes rather than hand brakes, tires rather than tyres, turn signals rather than blinkers, and license plates , not number plates. The disks in disk brakes are called rotors . 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 .