English-Swedish translations for behind the wheel

• bakom ratten
  Platsen bakom ratten i bussar och lastbilar utgör en slitsam arbetsplats.The seat behind the wheel in buses and lorries is a back-breaking place of work.
  Hastighetsmätaren vet inte om det är en egenföretagare eller en anställd som sitter bakom ratten.The speedometer does not know whether a self-employed person or an employee is sitting behind the wheel.
  Vad är det som säger att bilister nödvändigtvis vill dricka innan de sätter sig bakom ratten? 0, 2 förefaller mig vara mer tillräckligt.What gets into these drivers' heads, that they insist on drinking before they get behind the wheel? Twenty milligrams strikes me as quite enough.
• vid ratten

Definition of behind the wheel

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

Examples

• If youve had too much to drink, dont get behind the wheel.
• Would you really want to be behind the wheel of a fighter jet?

Related words

• behind the scenes
• behind the times
• behind the curve
• power behind the scenes
• wet behind the ears
• power behind the throne
• with one hand tied behind the back
• to be behind the times
• be wet behind the ears