YOU SAID:
the car drove past the sign on the side of the road
INTO JAPANESE
車は道路の側の標識を通り過ぎた
BACK INTO ENGLISH
The car passed the roadside sign
INTO JAPANESE
車は路側帯の標識を通過した
BACK INTO ENGLISH
the car passed a roadside sign
INTO JAPANESE
車は路側帯の標識を通過した
BACK INTO ENGLISH
the car passed a roadside sign
Come on, you can do better than that.