You're riding home from a concert with a friend. She looks really sleepy. You want to warn her not to go to sleep, so you say this.
You look like you're about to nod off.
You almost got in a car accident earlier today. Now you're describing what happened to a friend of yours. You say:
I tried to merge into the right lane, but there was a car in my blind spot.
driving, storytelling 
You're driving late at night, and you're sleepy. You feel like you're going to fall asleep. You tell the person who's riding with you:
I can barely hold my eyes open.
You're riding in a car with your family. Your kids are in the back seat, and they're begging you to get ice cream for them. They keep asking again and again, but you keep saying "no". Now it's starting to annoy you, so you want to stop the conversation. You say:
We're not stopping to get ice cream, and that's that!
conversation enders, decision, driving, food, future, idioms, infinitive, 日本語サポート Last night when you were driving home, a police car stopped you because one of your headlights was out. This morning, you're talking with a friend at work and you want to tell him the story of what happened. You say:
I got pulled over on my way home last night.
driving, home (topic), phrasal verb, police, simple past, storytelling You're in your car driving and talking to your friend on the telephone. She comments that she hears a siren in the background. You explain that you're driving through an area with a lot of crime:
I'm driving through a rough part of town.
city, crime, driving, neighborhood, progressive aspect, safety You were driving your parents' car and crashed it. Now you're telling your parents about it. You say:
I got in an accident and messed up your car.
accident, car, confession, driving, simple past, 日本語サポート You took a long car trip to another city. Now you're talking about the trip to a friend who's been to that city before. She asks if it took you 8 hours to get there, because that's how long it took her when she went. You answer:
I did it in under seven hours.
driving, simple past, time, trip You and a friend are visiting your hometown, which is far away from where you live now. You drove there, and it took 11 hours. Someone asks you how long the drive was, and you tell them. They think it seems like a really long drive, but you didn't mind it. You say:
We took turns driving, so it wasn't that bad.
You're going on a long car trip with your friend. You're making plans for the trip with your friend, and you want to tell him what time you should leave. You say:
It's an eight-hour drive, so we should leave here by nine o'clock.
