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Passing lane

A passing lane (North American English), overtaking lane (English outside North America) is a lane on a multi-lane highway or motorway closest to the median of the road (the central reservation) used for passing vehicles in other lanes. (North American usage also calls the higher-speed lane nearest the median the "inside lane" but in the United Kingdom…

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Misuse and common practice in the United States

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HighwayMotorwayCentral reservationRight-hand traffic2+1 road
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Passing lane

Nodes34
Edges33
Triples10
Avg. degree1.94
Density0.058824
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Passing lane

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related to Signage · 6
Passing lane → AASHTO Subcommittee, Canada, In, Slower Traffic Keep Right, The, Traffic Engineering
related to Hammer lane · 4
Passing lane → HOV, Its, North America, The

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lane passing traffic left lanes overtaking states road slower yield direction north overtake use highway faster vehicles fast often median

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Passing lanerelated to Hammer laneThe0.60section
Passing lanerelated to Hammer laneIts0.60section
Passing lanerelated to Hammer laneNorth America0.60section
Passing lanerelated to Hammer laneHOV0.60section
Passing lanerelated to SignageThe0.60section
Passing lanerelated to SignageSlower Traffic Keep Right0.60section
Passing lanerelated to SignageCanada0.60section
Passing lanerelated to SignageIn0.60section
Passing lanerelated to SignageAASHTO Subcommittee0.60section
Passing lanerelated to SignageTraffic Engineering0.60section

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