emergency lane
Highway's safety margin
An emergency lane is a designated strip along a highway or roadway reserved for stopped vehicles, emergency responders, or urgent situations.
Drivers pull into the emergency lane when their car breaks down or to let ambulances pass.
Also called a shoulder or breakdown lane: We pulled into the emergency lane to change the flat tire.
- shoulderUpper arm joint
- breakdownFailure or decomposition
- broken downNo longer operational
- highwayMajor road for travel
- roadsideAdjacent to pavement
car trouble · roadside assistance · hazard · hazard lights · pullover · pull over · stranded · flashing · cones · tow truck · flat tire · accident · road debris · asphalt · guardrail · safety zone · distress · stopped
- Emergency Safety911, 911 center, fire station, police station, ambulance
- lanes
- roadshighway, highways, road, freeway, roads
- traffic incidentsaccident, collision, car crash, pileup, fender bender
emergency lanetravel lane
Marked road section
passing lane · traffic lane · overtaking lane · fast lane · express lane
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