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Lane naming for Motorways

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  • LandyAndy
    LandyAndy Posts: 26,377 Forumite
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    I seem to remember when I was young (not long after M-ways started to spring up) that they were referred to as 'slow', 'fast' and 'overtaking'.

    Now I refer to them as inside, middle and outside.
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 7,175 Forumite
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    Stigy wrote: »
    Because of lorries probably....Does it not annoy you when a lorry is overtaking another lorry that is travelling at 2mph slower than him due to his speed limiter? Also, it serves to reduce congestion if you have more lanes....Was there any intended sarcasm in your post? :D

    Should be called over over taking... ;)

    I'm hardly ever on motorways. But it does annoy me on duel carriageways. More so when the lorry pulls out in front of me just before I'm about to over take them.
  • Inactive
    Inactive Posts: 14,509 Forumite
    LandyAndy wrote: »

    Now I refer to them as inside, middle and outside.

    So what do you call the 4th lane on a 4 lane motorway?:D
  • Mat_Lock
    Mat_Lock Posts: 2,386 Forumite
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    Inactive wrote: »
    So what do you call the 4th lane on a 4 lane motorway?:D

    Dangerous haha
  • Gene_Hunt_2
    Gene_Hunt_2 Posts: 3,902 Forumite
    Inactive wrote: »
    So what do you call the 4th lane on a 4 lane motorway?:D

    The fastest lane.;)
  • molerat
    molerat Posts: 35,003 Forumite
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    wba31 wrote: »
    I thought they were the "Lorry lane," the "cars that dont want to overtake can go at any speed they want lane" and the "audi/bmw/mercedes and fiat panda fully loaded only lane?" ;)
    edited it for you :D
  • PsiDOC
    PsiDOC Posts: 354 Forumite
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    Lane 1: The Granny Lane
    Lane 2: The Sandwich Lane
    Lane 3: The Suicide Lane
    Near a tree by a river, there's a hole in the ground.
    Where an old man of Aran goes around and around....

  • hubert_cumberdale
    hubert_cumberdale Posts: 828 Forumite
    i like the 6th lane on the M25
  • PsiDOC
    PsiDOC Posts: 354 Forumite
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    Hubert That's commonly known as the ohsh*t ohsh*t ohsh*t i'mgonnadie lane. :D
    Near a tree by a river, there's a hole in the ground.
    Where an old man of Aran goes around and around....

  • somethingcorporate
    somethingcorporate Posts: 9,449 Forumite
    Pet hate of mine. If we called lanes 2+ 'over taking lanes' perhaps the middle-lane hogs would know what they are for.
    Thinking critically since 1996....
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