Inside, Outside, Near Lane, Far Lane, whatever...

[Geoff Bannister]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "potioncat" <willsonkmom at ...> wrote:
>
>   
> > Geoff:
> > The offside - to my right.
> > 
> > I haven't said that the middle (of the entire road) isn't the middle.
> > 
> > I said that, within a context of driving with three lanes going in 
> the 
> > same direction, in UK English, the leftmost lane  is the inside lane, 
> > the rightmost lane the outside lane and the lane is the middle 
> is....  
> >  ...the "middle lane".
> >
> Potioncat:
> Oops. I changed terminology. I should have said inner. I'm starting to 
> understand why I have such problems giving and understanding directions.
> 
> But, one more time, then I'm outta here.  So, as you drive along a 
> multi-lane highway, your outside lane is next to oncoming traffic's 
> outside lane?

GEoff:
In a word. Yes. 

With the proviso that there is a central reservation and probably a 
crash barrier in the sandwich as well.