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I would happily destroy a tyre and wheel if it was a valid alternative to stopping on the hard shoulder (eg getting to a slip road or refuge). Way too many HGV drivers using the rumble strip as a lane-keeping aid while they cook dinner.
"Riding the hard shoulder of the freeway is legal in many places in the USA. Mostly where there is no good alternative at the freeway was built over the old road."
We've got this in Spain,I have a local piece of motorway that you can happily and legally ride along.
Cars have to move over to the other lane and they do tend to be pretty good but its not a place I would ride as cycling over the exits/junctions is meh and its got steep downhill sections its pretty disconcerting as it doesn't actually feel right to ride on.
The most recent cycling accident on it was a cyclist riding uphill who got hit by 2 motorcycles, i'm not sure of the outcome.
In fact I was only reliving this at the weekend, and realised that I don’t really know the proper way to use an emergency triangle. Right behind the vehicle? Half a mile back? Same lane or next one out (to ensure vehicles give a wide berth)? Is it different between A roads, dual carriageways and motorways? I need to do my research.
If you'd ever bothered to read the highway code you'd already know the answer 😑