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• n  a barrier that surrounds the wheels of a vehicle to block splashing water or mud
  in Britain they call a fender a wing
• n  an inclined metal frame at the front of a locomotive to clear the track
• n  a low metal guard to confine falling coals to a hearth
• n  a cushion-like device that reduces shock due to an impact

• My car started to spin and was hit on the right front fender.
• The outsize head lamps, the twin exhausts under the middle of the back fender and the squat little body mark it as a mini from the front and back.
• Wire-wheel spoke fenders and two-way sneeze through wind vents, star-studded mud guard, sponge-coated edible steering column, chrome fender dents - and factory air conditioned air .

• wing
• buffer
• cowcatcher
• pilot

News & Articles

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• Law Would Let Police Search Your Phone After Accidents
  Imagine getting into a minor fender bender on the way to work. After checking your license and registration, the police officer on the scene starts rifling through your phone, checking your most recent text messages and your call log, all to make sure being distracted your phone wasn’t the cause of the crash. An abuse of police power? Not in New Jersey. A new law proposed by State Sen. James ...
  June 14, 2013 - Techland
• Driver fleeing fender bender crashes into van just blocks away: cops
  Several people were injured late Sunday after a motorist involved in a fender bender tried to flee the scene but crashed into a van just blocks away, authorities said. The chain of events was put in motion when a 30-year-old man driving a Nissan Maxima rear-ended a Volvo about 11:05 p.m. Sunday in the Grand Crossing neighborhood, according to the police Office of News Affairs. When officers on ...
  June 10, 2013 - Chicago Sun-Times
• Fender bender in front of St. Alphonsus Church
  If you were wondering what was slowing traffic along 15th, it was a car accident. What looks like a fender bender occurred out in front of the St. Alphonsus Church on NW 58th St and 15th Ave NW at approximately 6:12 p.m. An ambulance rolled right by the scene and a fire truck didn't respond until 6:25 p.m. Follow Ballard News-Tribune on Facebook at www.facebook.com/ballardnewstrib And Twitter ...
  June 9, 2013 - Ballard News-Tribune

Quotes

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• Jeff Gordon in SI.com
  Tell that 5, if I get a fender underneath him, he better think about the fact that we're teammates,Gordon said. "If I don't get a fender underneath him, I won't move him out of the way."
• Brian Vickers in International Herald Tribune
  I felt a bomb explode in my right front tire,Vickers said. "I just went down into the tri-oval and it didn't cut or go flat - it exploded. I saw the right front fender going through the air before the front of the car even dropped. It was...
• Denny Hamlin in Kansas City Star
  Somebody's entire fender and underbody was on the racetrack,Hamlin said. "I literally pumped my fist in the car because I knew a caution was going to come out." "And of course, if caution comes out, it's game over. Instead, Hendrick...