Anita Kapoor's Body Was Discovered In A Lay-by At Gerrards Cross

[Abroad]

Anita Kapoor, 34, from Hayes in London, was found on Tuesday on the A413 at Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire.

She died from "asphyxiation, due to compression of the neck", a post-mortem examination found.

Navin Mohan, 34, of Quaker Lane, Southall, London, has been charged with murder [...]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-33303188

 

[LurkinLion]

lay-by
"lay-by
noun: lay-by · plural noun: lay-bys · noun: layby · plural noun: laybys · noun: layby · plural noun: laybys

1. 
   an area at the side of a road where vehicles may pull off the road and stop.
   • a mooring area along a canal, river, or harbor.

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Thought I'd save a few of my fellow provincial yanks a little Googling

 

[Abroad]

lay-by
"lay-by
noun: lay-by · plural noun: lay-bys · noun: layby · plural noun: laybys · noun: layby · plural noun: laybys

1. 
   an area at the side of a road where vehicles may pull off the road and stop.
   • a mooring area along a canal, river, or harbor.

Powered by OxfordDictionaries · © Oxford University Press"

Thought I'd save a few of my fellow provincial yanks a little Googling

What would you call it in the US?

And in this case, they definitely mean the road, rather than a waterway.

 

[GenericUser123]

What would you call it in the US?

We call them shoulders.

 

[Abroad]

We call them shoulders.

I thought that was just the side of the road? Do you use that for custom-made widenings of the road for people to pull into, usually with a rubbish bin and sometimes with a picnic table or two?

 

[Kittyskyfish]

I thought that was just the side of the road? Do you use that for custom-made widenings of the road for people to pull into, usually with a rubbish bin and sometimes with a picnic table or two?

That sounds more like our highway "rest stop".

 

[Kittyskyfish]

And that's sad about the victim. Not that she should be the central theme of this thread or anything. End of sidetrack, back to motorways.

 

[Abroad]

That sounds more like our highway "rest stop".

OK, in that case she was found at a high-way rest-stop.

 

[Pete Bondurant]

Well...she was too old for this to be a dowry issue.