Learn English – Single word for driving slowly

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I am looking for a single word that means to drive a vehicle slowly, especially in a way that is unexpected or looks out of place eg. blown tire on a highway or race track and carefully trying to drive out of the way. I know the word "cruise" but this has too positive connotations, since you wouldn't use cruise to describe a driver who was cruising slowly away due to being in danger or having damage to their vehicle, since it sounds like they either do not care or are even enjoying the problem.

The only other options I had considered is to add an adjective to the driving eg. driving slowly, or similarly describing the speed of the vehicle's movement eg. vehicle moved at snail's pace, but I am hoping for a better alternative?

Best Answer

Slow moving cars crawl:

MW: to move or progress slowly or laboriously

traffic crawling along at 10 miles an hour

See also this example:

... as the car crawled through a five-mile backup on the New Jersey Turnpike. — Fly Away Home: A Novel

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