a road, usually ending in a pile of sand, provided on a hill for drivers to drive into if their brakes fail or on a bend if they lose control of the turn
Examples of 'escape road' in a sentence
escape road
As he speared off down an escape road into uncharted territory normally inhabited by marshals and lifting cranes, he would have been very scared.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Most of the drivers agree that he gained an advantage by taking the escape road rather than fully negotiating the corner.