hard shoulder
Britishnoun
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Dashcam footage from a driver showed him using the hard shoulder and a lane closed to traffic by cones so workers could maintain the roadside.
From BBC
Prosecutor Mark Mohammed KC explained that Hood was overtaking other vehicles at speed, including going along the the hard shoulder, sometimes driving at more than 100mph.
From BBC
He pulled on to the hard shoulder and ran towards screams coming from the Toyota.
From BBC
The court heard that he went on to the hard shoulder before making a sudden U-turn and into lane three, heading south.
From BBC
Ten minutes later, however, a young man in a white van pulled up behind them on the hard shoulder.
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