Lane facts for kids
A lane is a part of a highway that can be used by one line of vehicles. Most roads have two or more lanes, with at least one lane for traffic going each way. In Great Britain a narrow rural road is called a lane.
Some roads have a center lane to make it easier for cars and trucks to turn. There can also be turn lanes on the outer part of the road. If roads have more than one lane going in one direction, cars in the outer lanes usually go faster than cars in the inner lanes. Highways may also have express lanes that can only be used for certain types of vehicles, like those carrying two or more people. Lanes in most jurisdictions have rules for minimum and maximum lane widths. In the United States the Federal Highway Administration has recommended lane widths for US highways and interstates.
Images for kids
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Thru lanes indicated by arrows on California CR G4 (Montague Expressway) in Silicon Valley
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Black center line on an Autobahn in Germany in the late 1930s
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The Ontario Highway 401 in the Greater Toronto area, with 17 travel lanes in 6 separate carriageways visible in the midground
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Turning lane on the Rodovia BR-101, Brazil
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Special, wide two-lane road used at some stretches in Aura, Finland
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Transfer lanes, connecting surface collector lanes with through lanes between two tunnels
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A left-turn merging lane in Germany, needing explanation by a crafted sign
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A typical rural American freeway (Interstate 5 in the Central Valley of California). The yellow line is on the left, the dashed white line in the middle, and the solid white line on the right. The rumble strip is to the left of the yellow line.
See also
In Spanish: Carril para niños
