前ぜん方ぽう不ふ注ちゅう意い

noun

inattention to the road ahead; not watching where one is driving

Used especially in traffic contexts for failing to pay attention to what is ahead while driving or cycling.

• 事じ故この原げん因いんは前ぜん方ぽう不ふ注ちゅう意いだった。

  The cause of the accident was inattention to the road ahead.

• 前ぜん方ぽう不ふ注ちゅう意いで前まえの車くるまに追つい突とつした。

  I rear-ended the car in front because I wasn't watching the road.