[Tagging] emergency bays - which side?

[Paul Johnson]

On Sun, Dec 31, 2017 at 3:15 PM, Graeme Fitzpatrick <graemefitz1 at gmail.com>
wrote:

>
> On 31 December 2017 at 19:47, Volker Schmidt <voschix at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> How do I indicate the side of the road the EB is serving in the case of a
>> bidirectional road.
>>
>
> Wouldn't an emergency bay always be on the side of the road away from
> oncoming traffic eg drive on left, bay is at left side of road, drive on
> right = bay on right?
>

The default would be that side, but the midwestern US has emergency
crossovers on most dual carriageway medians immediately before and after
most overpasses and underpasses that often double as emergency bays if one
isn't able to get off to the right shoulder, when present at all.

https://www.google.com/maps/@34.7298398,-95.7640245,3a,75y,345.08h,82.9t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1squqdnIAIVkVFtaJ2VvPQ6g!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo3.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DquqdnIAIVkVFtaJ2VvPQ6g%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D77.31143%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656
is a pretty accurate example of a typical dual carriageway in the southern
plains, though the hard shoulder tends to be optional if it's not an
Interstate or Turnpike.
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