What is a suicide lane?
Throughout time, there have been five definitions: 1. A (two-way) center left-turn lane 2. In the early 20th Century, a center lane of three in rural areas which traffic going in either direction could use to pass (these were mostly obsolete by the 1960s, though they could be found in MA into the 1970s) 3. The inner lane of two in a single direction on a three-lane road where the opposite single-lane direction is permitted to use it to pass. Lane markings, from left to right and the single lane carrying oncoming traffic, would be white solid line, [lane], part-dashed-part-solid yellow line with the dashes on the left, [suicide lane], white dashed line, [lane], white solid line. 4. A reversible lane usually controlled by lane signals (These are still located in most major U.S. cities and elsewhere – see http://groups.google.com/group/misc.transport.road/browse_frm/thread/e5ad126d48897b28 and http://groups.google.com/group/misc.transport.road/browse_frm/thread/8b7cb6fff0e2bcef for partia
Throughout time, there have been various definitions: 1. A (two-way) center left-turn lane 2. In the early 20th Century, a center lane of three in rural areas which traffic going in either direction could use to pass (these were mostly obsolete by the 1960s, though they could be found in MA into the 1970s) 3. The inner lane of two in a single direction on a three-lane road where the opposite single-lane direction is permitted to use it to pass. Lane markings, from left to right and the single lane carrying oncoming traffic, would be white solid line, [lane], part-dashed-part-solid yellow line with the dashes on the left, [suicide lane], white dashed line, [lane], white solid line. 4. A reversible lane usually controlled by lane signals (These are still located in most major U.S. cities and elsewhere – see http://groups.google.com/group/misc.transport.road/browse_frm/thread/e5ad126d48897b28 and http://groups.google.com/group/misc.transport.road/browse_frm/thread/8b7cb6fff0e2bcef for par
