Sometimes conditions become so treacherous, however, that the drivers must abandon a run.

Once in the street, the driver slowed down and abandoned the truck.

Elsewhere snow ploughs attempted to keep roads open, though some drivers who got into difficulty had abandoned their cars by the road side.

Apparently the driver had abandoned the Buick with the engine running.

On the road, Mary annoys some bus passengers so much, the driver abandons her.

The driver abandoned the Ford, which was stolen, and fled in the vehicle he was racing with, according to the police.

In the previous example, the victim would not have died if the first driver had not abandoned him at a dangerous point on the road.

The driver, Warren Goolsby, abandoned his jacket a block later.

And of course the driver didn't just abandon the robbers in an arbitrary location after 5 minutes.

The driver and a male passenger had abandoned the car, they said.