The shoulder refers to the area of the road just outside the main road. A soft shoulder sign means that the shoulder is literally softer than the actual road.
The soft shoulder is a part of a road or highway that is unpaved and is usually covered in gavel. The soft shoulder sign informs drivers of the soft, unpaved ground along the edge of the road or highway.
The ground just off the pavement is soft and you may get stuck with your car if you drive into it.
The ground just off the pavement is soft and you may get stuck with your car if you drive into it.
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It means that the shoulder of the road is soft and non-compacted, probably not hard-surfaced, and you could easily get stuck on the shoulder. In a situation like this, if you need to stop at the side of the road, make sure that your left wheels are still on the pavement.
It generally refers to any un-paved portion of the roadway construction that is outside (to the edges of) the marked lanes of travel. HOWEVER it can also refer to ANY portion of the roadway that is outside of the marked lanes of travel - WHETHER OR NOT it is hard surfaced. Paved shoulder are not meant, nor are they constructed, to routinely bear the weight of moving traffic.
Soft Top Hard Shoulder was created in 1993.
Soft Top Hard Shoulder - 1993 is rated/received certificates of: UK:15
A "soft shoulder" road sign means that area has no paving or gravel mix. The ground is typically regular dirt as found in that area or region, often a sandy loam. Since it lacks gravel or other work, the soil is prone to collecting groundwater and prone to getting ruts (deep furrows from vehicle tires), and prone to erosion. So the ground could be muddy, your tires could sink (slightly) into the ground, and the car's tires could spin as the driver tries to pull back onto the road. It can be bad enough that you get stuck, or that tire-spinning could shift the back end to one side (into the guard rail with front or back end turned into traffic, which puts you at risk of being hit.) It would also not be good to pull onto if you have a flat tire because the jack needs firm ground to be safe to jack up the vehicle.
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