The hard shoulder is the strip at the edge of a motorway for emergencies. Pull onto the hard shoulder.
It is among the most dangerous places to stand in the country, so you get out and up the bank. Some motorways now run traffic on the hard shoulder at busy times, which removes that refuge.
1nounhard shoulderThe strip at the edge of a motorway for emergencies.
“The hard shoulder was closed and the nearest refuge was a mile on.”
hard shoulder is a strip.
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