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Pavement that will not take weight.
Also known as: Shoulder marking, Non load bearing pavement marking
The ICAO marking distinguishing a shoulder or other surface that cannot bear the weight of an aircraft.
Marks paved surface that looks usable but cannot carry an aircraft's weight.
Contexts: Navigation
Exists because the hazard is invisible: the shoulder is paved and level and gives no indication that it will collapse under a main wheel, so the marking supplies information the surface itself withholds.
Contexts: Navigation
Yellow stripes running obliquely across the shoulder, set between the taxiway edge marking and the outer edge of the paved surface.