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   In article <1qew19156mxze$.y47ircfl2yga$.dlg@40tude.net>, tlvp   
    wrote:   
   >   
   > It *seemed* so ... only because a big rig on East Coast Interstates isn't   
   > likely to have more than about 9" of free play between tires on either side   
   > and adjacent lane-stripes.   
   >   
   > That said, for changing a tire, or whatever, when I pull out of traffic, I   
   > don't stop *on* the shoulder, I pull *off* the shoulder and onto the grass   
   > verge just *past* the shoulder before I stop. That way I have the whole   
   > shoulder-width as buffer zone against speeding right-lane traffic. What   
   > sane person would ever dream of doing otherwise :-) ? Cheers, -- tlvp   
      
   Much of the motorway system here in New Zealand barely has a should   
   "lane", let alone a grass verge. In some places the idiots in charge   
   have changed the shoulder into a bus lane.  :-\   
      
   Quite often when I'm driving on the motorway during the day (off-peak   
   times) there's a small van being driven slowly along the shoulder with   
   it's hazard indicators going and someone leaning out the passenger side   
   picking up rubbish, etc. ... but following behind that in a mini-convoy   
   are always two large trucks with big flashing arrow signs on the back   
   to warn drivers. I don't know how often or how many teams do that, but   
   the it must incurr a huge waste of money and worker-time in the course   
   of a year and the length of all the motorways.   
      
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