Talk:Shoulder (road)

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Can you be caught speeding on the hard shoulder? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 86.149.39.177 (talk)

[edit] Where does its name come from?

Why is a hard shoulder called a hard shoulder? I understand that hard describes the surface but where does the shoulder part of the name come from? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 212.139.36.13 (talk) 15:28, 19 March 2007 (UTC).