Rule 270
Emergency areas are located along motorways with no hard shoulder or where the hard shoulder can be used as an extra lane (see Rule 269 ) and MUST only be used in an emergency. They are marked by blue signs with an orange SOS telephone symbol and may have orange surfacing. Rule 270: emergency area Rule 270: sign indicating distance to next emergency area Follow the requirements and advice in Rule 277 if your vehicle develops a problem on the motorway Rule 278 to rejoin the carriageway from an emergency area. Laws MT(E&W)R reg 9 as amended by MT(E&W)(A)(E)R , & MT(S)R reg 8