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Originally Posted by blake10
The problem with a center lane is that it can become a "suicide lane" even if only one direction is supposed to be using it at any one time.
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Well lot of highways in BC are 3 lane for obvious reasons, including the upgrded sea to sky to whistler. You just have 2 lanes in one direction and one lane in the other, ever 5-10km the second lane merges back while the oposite direction turns to a two lane highway. This way you have a smaller right of way but people can always pass every few km, naturally the slower traffic will create a gap ahead of it so once you pass it then you can rip it down the one lane highway for a good stretch until you hit another car to pass, at which point you wait for the pass lane and continue.
Im assuming you were thinking of a center lane that is used for passing for both directions at the same time, now that is allot more dangerous than just having a 2 lane highway and just passing when you have a opportunity.