Tag:highway=emergency_bay
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 highway = emergency_bay
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An area beside a highway where you can safely stop your car in case of breakdown or emergency. 
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Status: de facto
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The tag highway=emergency_bay is used for mapping an emergency bay - an area beside a highway (usually motorway or trunk road) where you can safely stop your car in case of breakdown or emergency. Emergency Bays are also known as Emergency Refuge Areas in the United Kingdom and as Accident Investigation Sites or Crash Investigation Sites in the United States.
It is usually sign posted with the following traffic signs:
- German traffic sign 328
- French traffic sign C8
- Dutch traffic sign L14
or Dutch traffic sign BB06 
- Belgian traffic sign F98
or Belgian traffic sign IF2 (being phased out) 
- British traffic sign
How to map
Add a node 
into a way tagged as highway=*, or draw a short way 
as a new lane connected to a way tagged as highway=*.
Add the tag highway=emergency_bay
Rendering
Suggested 
See also
- highway=passing_place - A passing place on a single track road.
- bus_bay=* - A bay outside the main carriageway for boarding/alighting.
- emergency=phone - emergency telephone