Shelly from Dallas grew up calling the shared center turn lane the chicken lane, a term that fits the unnerving possibility of two drivers entering it from opposite directions for left turns. The image comes from the game of chicken, in which two...
suicide lane n. a center lane used for passing or turning on a three-lane road or highway. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
suicide lane n.— «Johnson suggest that a three-lane highway with a “holding-lane” be constructed.…Kozlovski commented on the three-lane road with passing lane as a dangerous situation that has been nicknamed elsewhere as “suicide lane.”» —“Highway...
suicide lane n.— «It looks as though our Department of Transportation made a poor decision when it added a turning (or suicide) lane on Alternate 19 between State Road 584 and Alderman Road in Palm Harbor. At any given time you can see it being...