0 a hard area at the side of a main road where a driver can stop if there is a serious problem -- （尤指高速公路旁的）硬路肩，紧急停车处
One can imagine the disaster if some of these poor souls got on to the hard shoulder.
This is a motorway in every sense of the word except that it does not have a hard shoulder.
Also, a hard shoulder on to which drivers could pull in emergency would give a firm base for jacking and dealing with all breakdowns.
One drives along the hard shoulder, and there is no emergency lane.
It has no hard shoulder and the horizontal alignment is in places below normal full standards.
This research has shown that there is no statistically significant difference in accident rates at hard shoulder discontinuities.
It says that there is a safety hazard for motorists and those working on the hard shoulder.
If the hard shoulder is in use, are heavy goods vehicles restricted to two lanes or three lanes?
