I'm working on my 3rd million miles of driving. Yea the entrance ramp is a good bet if you can get it.

Breakdown are just that and they happen sometimes suddenly.

Here's a few.

Have a safety vest always handy and put it out as soon as you stop. On the bike or wear it. Even if it's just a second, your most likely to be hit just after you stop And while slowing to a stop, so watch the mirror.

get more of your bike visible. Don't stop with your bike at 12 O'clock to the passers by, Get a 2 O'Clock profile, show the shiny pipes and the tail light and reflectors and point the bike towards the ditch so if anyone does hit it, it goes there and not into other traffic.

If you feel a break down coming on, find the end of a guardrail and tuck behind it, Or the far side of a bridge support or even another vehicle. Anything that will shield you in case someone runs off the road towards you and something that will warn you to look out but preferably something that won't come at you. A guard rail is safer choice than behind a broke down car, but behind the car is safer than out there by yourself. Look for the best deflector and tuck behind it where you can do your work.

If your in a group and you see someone going over into a breakdown lane, STOP, Profile your bike at 2 O'Clock, get off and start to motion for drivers to move over to further lane or in the case of a two lane road slow down, Use your safety vest or a polishing rag for increased visibility. Keep an eye on the group and when they all saddle up and move, saddle up quick and enter back onto the roadway with them.

When you stop in a emergency, remember you can get a new bike, but your bike can't get a new you.

And please, the number one all time Dumb Azz move I see is riders who stop under a bridge during rain and park their bikes in that small 7 or 8 foot maybe even less area between the right travel lane and the cement wall under the bridge, then, they sit on the wall and have a cig or whatever, in no possition to get up and move quickly. I know it's tempting, but your already wet and so is your bike, so Park your bike far side of the bridge behind the cement wall and you stay on the far side of the wall well away from traffic too.

Every situation is different, the best thing to do is keep your bike in shape as not to break down but when it does, choose the safest way to stop given the resources and surroundings on hand, Stopping on the LIE is considerably different that the middle of I 35 100 miles North of Dallas.

In any case, those are two ton missiles running past you just feet away, or at least you hope they are feet away.