Talk:Lane
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In Britain a "lane" is also a small country road (normally without any lane markings!) and often below the level of the surrounding fields. Such lanes have to have banks on each side. "There'll always be an England/While there's a country lane." (Melody - and text Ross Parker & Hugh Charles) -- Philip Baird Shearer 12:02, 26 Mar 2005 (UTC)
Contents |
[edit] Good point
You're right. Lane also carries that alternate meaning in the U.S. as well, and I presume it is the same in the other dialects of English. I am adding a mention of that in the article.
--Coolcaesar 00:32, 27 Mar 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Who describes the median or central reservation as a lane?
My understanding is that the central lane in that situation is called a turning lane or two-way lane. I've never heard it called the median. Usually the term median is applied only to a middle lane that is bounded by double yellow lines on both sides to indicate that it should not be entered at any time. Can someone explain where the term median is in use to describe a turning lane? We may have a dialect difference here which needs to be noted in the article. If no one defends those recent edits I'll be taking them out eventualy. --Coolcaesar 01:48, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Turn lanes aren't medians...
But the small section of curbing sometimes installed between the turn lane and the oncoming traffic lane may be referred to as a median. Any area in a middle position between lanes of traffic can properly be referred to as a median; ordinary usage is to reserve the term for a paved or planted area that exists specifically to separate lanes of traffic, auxilliary barriers notwithstanding. --192.48.171.17 02:12, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Inside/outside (USA...)
I'm pleased to see that we've avoided the terms "inside lane" and "outside lane" in this article, and hope that state of affairs continues, as it could cause a lot of confusion. As an example: here (Britain) the outside lane is the fast lane, as it's the outside of that carriageway - so on a motorway, the one nearest the central reservation. In the US, that's the inside lane as it's on the inside of the road as a whole - so pretty much the opposite to UK usage. Best to avoid the terms altogether. 86.143.53.185 14:27, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
