[OSM-newbies] Mapping Suicide Lanes (AKA Turn lanes and reversible lanes)

[Paul Johnson]

Steve Bennett wrote:

> On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 9:43 AM, Paul Johnson <baloo at ursamundi.org> wrote:
>
>> double-orange lines on both sides) are all different from suicide lanes
>> (which passing is allowed in either direction, marked with solid orange
>> lines inside broken orange lines; the opposite of a bidirectional turn
>> lane marking).
>>
>>
> Where's this? I don't recall the ones in France being marked orange.

MUTCD countries.  Other countries have similar concepts.  The point
being, suicide lanes imply both directions are allowed to drive in the
same lane at the same time.  They're not bidirectional turn lanes (where
you're to slow down before entering the lane and stop in the lane) and
they're not open medians (which prohibit all movement), and they're not
reversable (where the lane belongs to only one direction at a time).