From: bugo on 9 May 2010 16:24 "Larry Sheldon" <lfsheldon(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:84hjnoFs8U1(a)mid.individual.net... > On 5/6/2010 22:09, bugo wrote: >> >> "Larry Sheldon" <lfsheldon(a)gmail.com> wrote in message >> news:84gei2FoifU1(a)mid.individual.net... >>> On 5/6/2010 13:35, John David Galt wrote: >>> >>>> That section of law sounds like it was written to deal with the old >>>> two-way >>>> passing lanes, AKA "suicide lanes". I haven't seen one anywhere since >>>> 1980 >>>> and I doubt they still exist; they're too dangerous. >>> >>>> Added MTR in case someone there knows of such a lane today. >>> >>> I agree that it is talking about "suicide" lanes. >>> >>> And there still are a version of it around--I've seen several (and can >>> picture some of them in my mind but I don't remember where on the planet >>> they are). >>> >>> The version I have seen will have three lanes, two uphill, one down >>> hill. The double-yellow will be dashed on the down-hill side. >> >> That's a "shared 4 lane" highway, a poor man's 4 lane. I agree they are >> dangerous, but the middle lane is not a suicide lane. > > It's only three lanes wide, and it has all attributes of the suicide > except the exact details of th striping. The middle lane of the "shared 4 lane" cannot be entered by traffic in the direction that is one lane except in passing zones. There is a big difference.
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