1 Plan your trip. 2  Know just where you will get on and get off. 3  Drive in the right lane and pass on the left. 4  If there are three lanes, use the right lane for lower speed driving, the left for passing. 5  If you stay in the right lane, watch for cars entering the expressway.
Scuttlebutt means water fountain or a rumor. As Slang Water for immediate consumption on a sailing ship was conventionally stored in a scuttled butt: a butt (cask or small barrel) which had been scuttled by making a hole in it so the water could be withdrawn.
crutch. 1  a staff or support to assist a lame or infirm person in walking, now usually with a crosspiece at one end to fit under the armpit. 2  any of various devices resembling this in shape or use. 3  anything that serves as a temporary and often inappropriate support, supplement, or substitute; prop: He uses liquor as a psychological crutch.