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Positioning
Roadside safety
Positioning, hazard signaling, when staying inside is safer than standing outside, and how to handle narrow shoulders and low visibility.
Positioning
01
Inside can be safer
On a narrow shoulder with fast traffic, a belted occupant inside the vehicle is often better protected than a person standing beside it.
02
Exit away from traffic
Use the passenger side when the shoulder is tight, and move behind a barrier where one exists.
03
Signal early
Hazards, dome light at night, and a triangle placed well back give approaching drivers time to react.
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