Talk:Lane

message: e.g. Certain sections on M4 in London have long dashes (segments) and others have small. You can see in google maps. May be there is a meaning to this.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 120.61.7.39 (talk) 18:52, 17 April 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Info on lengths of dashes on Lane Markings 

message: 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)
thread_title:  Country lane 

message: Can you tell me the technical information on the following term?
What is Lane departure warning system?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 125.18.49.67 (talk) 08:34, 14 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lane departure 

message: 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)
thread_title:  Good point 

message: 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)
thread_title:  Who describes the median or central reservation as a lane? 

message: 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)
thread_title:  Turn lanes aren't medians... 

message: 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)
thread_title:  Inside/outside (USA...) 

message: I think that a comment should be added to the emergency lanes section about how some European countries, for instance Germany, have dymamic traffic control systems that open up the emergency lane to through traffic in certain situations.  Anyone willing to reasearch this a little?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kevin1a (talk • contribs) 21:41, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Emergency lane 

message: I propose to create a new article for 'country lane' which will describe the narrow and rural road, leaving this article to deal with traffic lanes within the carriageway. PeterEastern (talk) 06:51, 5 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  New 'country lane' article 

message: The cited reference is vague and it admits it is non-authoritative. "Typical capacity of a freeway lane is about 2,000 vehicles per hour." Washington State Department of Transportation cites 7,900 cars/hour as the maximum for the two northbound lanes of the I-5 highway (60 mile per hour speeds allowed) bridge North of Mount Vernon, WA (the one that just collapsed.) Mathematical calculations of "recommended" spacing of one car length per 10mph of speed gives 2,500 cars per lane and 7.900 cars per lane assuming typical one car length spacing.
Shjacks45 (talk) 01:45, 21 June 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Traffic flow information is of questionable accuracy 

message: The US Highway System and US Interstate Highway System standards play a big role in highway design (and was influenced by the German Autobahn. Specific requirements in US Interstate system funding was the requirement that Military equipment specifically Ballistic missile transportation could be accomplished. Minimum clearance height was required to be 14 feet 6 inches. (This of course influences the maximum sized load that Trucks can be built for, therefore influencing vehicle manufacture worldwide, influencing highway construction in such as Canada and Britain.) Reference: http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/NR/rdonlyres/337A7006-8808-4790-85EA-167C8AC39F2E/0/OverheightLoads.pdf 
Shjacks45 (talk) 03:20, 21 June 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  If we discuss lane width then lane height should be included 

message: This article is supposed to be about 'Lane (highway)' but there is a long list of different kinds of lane. Shouldn't the list be pruned of non-relevant lanes? Perhaps it should be moved to the end of the article? The article should also be re-named but I know that is unlikely. Rwood128 (talk) 14:54, 1 January 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: or at least categorized? I'll give that a try. --Triskele Jim 16:20, 1 January 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  List of different kinds of lane -- irrelevant content?