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I know the translation of the sentence, but I don't understand some
structures. Is もし from a verb? And what does いくら mean here?

> 車を運転する時は **いくら注意してもしすぎる** ことはない。
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I could not understand this sentence entirely
You are parsing it wrong.

> 車を運転する時はいくら注意してもしすぎることはない。

In parts,

`車を運転する時は` means "when you drive a car" and explains in what circumstances the
latter part of the sentence applies.

いくら注意してもしすぎることはない

いくら = how much to / to what degree

注意 has two meanings. Either to warn someone or to be mindful of something.

して = て-form of する

も - this makes it a pattern いくら **Vて** も - "no matter how much". In this case,
roughly "how careful you are"

しすぎる = し is the stem of する and すぎる is to do something too much. ~ことはない = there
is no such thing as ~.

So for the whole:

When driving a car, there is no such thing as being too careful.

or

When you're driving a car, you can never be too careful.
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