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escape road

British

noun

a road, usually ending in a pile of sand, provided on a hill for a driver to drive into if his brakes fail or on a bend if he loses control of the turn

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Rather than spin-turn the car, the traditional approach to extricating oneself from a Baku escape road, he tried to do a three-point turn.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2021

Triple world champion Lewis Hamilton cut a chicane and went down an escape road at Suzuka when that happened while Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen has had to take evasive action more than once.

From Reuters • Oct. 22, 2016

But the German braked too late, badly locking up both front wheels and taking to the escape road.

From BBC • Oct. 12, 2014

On lap 9 Rosberg went down the escape road no brakes locked and no smoke he gave 2.5 seconds to Hamilton.

From BBC • Sep. 7, 2014

The pressure of Hamilton's pace provoked Rosberg's first mistake - going too deep into the first chicane and taking to the escape road on lap nine.

From BBC • Sep. 7, 2014

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