English-Italian translations for at the wheel

• al volante
  Il cinquanta per cento dei conducenti ha ammesso di addormentarsi al volante. Fifty per cent of drivers have admitted falling asleep at the wheel.
  Gli autisti non devono trascorrere più di 56 ore al volante per settimana e nell’arco di due settimane devono rimanere entro il limite delle 90 ore. In any one week, drivers must not spend more than 56 hours at the wheel, and in a fortnight, they must stop after 90.
  Troppi esempi dimostrano che un numero eccessivo di ore al volante aumenta in maniera drammatica i rischi di incidenti stradali. Too many examples demonstrate that excessive periods at the wheel dramatically increase the risk of road accidents.

Definition of at the wheel

• Driving; in control of a vehicle
• In control of the situation; in charge

Examples

• It is a shame, his first day driving and he falls asleep at the wheel.
• We were thriving when Bill was at the wheel, but since the new CEO has started things have been going south.

Related words

• separate the wheat from the chaff
• be at the wheel
• that's where the shoe pinches
• northern wheatear
• Catherine wheel
• divide the wheat from the chaff
• sort out the wheat from the chaff
• no matter whether
• there's more where that came from