I couldn't see adequately to get it over to the hard shoulder and I didn't want to risk hitting anybody so I slowed briskly in lane 3 watching the traffic behind me respond before I came to a stop although I pull it right onto the central reservation to allow more room for vehicles. I then got out and banged the bonnet shut and then got onto the hard shoulder.

If I'd hit anybody trying to move across blindly I'd have possibly spun somebody out and cause a pile up, it seemed safer to do what I did.