Modifies a noun

• headlight: Scottish New Labor now found itself caught like a rabbit in the oncoming headlights of the crisis over Iraq.

• traffic: There could be oncoming traffic which will have priority.

• attacker: Within two minutes of kick-off Frankie Howard was in the wars as his brave header led to clash of heads with an oncoming attacker.

• lorry: Why not shunt him into that pillar, or an oncoming lorry?

• vehicle: We then tested the laser speed gun reading for an oncoming vehicle with none of the devices powered up.

• truck: The driver of an oncoming truck carrying a cargo of cows was unable to halt his heavy vehicle in time.