Breakdown lane
Highway shoulder. Also, an oxymoron - the last place you want to break down in greater Boston is in the breakdown lane, especially during rush hour, when it becomes the high-speed lane (in some places, even legally). The state has built a series of emergency turn-outs along Rte. 128 so you can pull out of the breakdown lane if, in fact, your car breaks down.
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re: Breakdown lane
By northshoretin (not verified) - 5/27/05 - 8:00 pm
we always use this. i never knew it was only a Boston thing.
re: Breakdown lane
By KAWAKEB (not verified) - 5/2/06 - 9:42 am
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re: Breakdown lane
By holly (not verified) - 10/30/07 - 8:31 pm
Really? I never knew that was only a boston thing? weird.
Breakdown Lane
By EdMuse (not verified) - 2/12/09 - 12:16 pm
Those "emergency turn-outs" are actually called, according to the signs that indicate them, "emergency pulloffs", a name that always struc me as having interesting sexual connotations...emergency?...
I'm in Western Mass and we
By Fenris (not verified) - 1/9/10 - 11:07 pm
I'm in Western Mass and we use this term too. Must be a New England thing.