Sentence:  Capt. Greg Baarts with the CHP Northern Division says information pulled from the SUV's software shows the vehicle was stopped at the highway <WSD>pullout</WSD> before it accelerated straight off the cliff. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  An area by the side of a road where vehicles may temporarily stop in safety.  Typical pullouts allow drivers and passengers to safely exit the vehicle but rarely have additional amenities.