hard shoulder

English Thesaurus

1. a paved strip beside a motorway (for stopping in emergencies) (noun.artifact)

hypernym	:	berm, shoulder,
definition	:	a narrow edge of land (usually unpaved) along the side of a road (noun.artifact)

domain region	:	britain, great britain, u.k., uk, united kingdom, united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland,
definition	:	a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom (noun.location)