> That's the other way around: in heavy congestion, using the hard shoulder as a lane is not so bad due to the lower speeds. On paper, sure. In practice it's

> That's the other way around: in heavy congestion, using the hard shoulder as a lane is not so bad due to the lower speeds. On paper, sure. In practice it's the worlds best passing lane because the drivers who make the left lane useless as a passing lane don't self select to use a lane that's narrower than the rest, has a ton of merging traffic and a barrier on the harder to see side of the vehicle.