Lane

::For people named Lane and other uses of the word, please see Lane (disambiguation).

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The word lane has two meanings:

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• A narrow road, usually lacking a shoulder or a median. The word is typically applied to roads in the countryside, but can also be applied to urban streets like Drury Lane in London. Some places, like the U.S. state of Nevada, like to apply the term to certain arterial roads.
• The area of a street or road marked by white or yellow lines, in which motorists maintain a consistent direction of travel. This is the more commonly used meaning in everyday English speech and is the one elaborated upon here.

Most countries with a significant number of automobiles maintain lanes on their roads, and strictly enforce laws requiring drivers to stay in their lanes as much as possible (as opposed to randomly "drifting" or "weaving" which is common in lane-less countries like Egypt). In many countries, a prolonged inability to stay in one's lane is considered to be a sign of drunk driving and may lead to a citation for a traffic violation, or even an arrest.

Related Topics:
Automobile - Egypt - Drunk driving - Traffic violation - Arrest

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