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Beachnutt

(8,958 posts) Fri Jan 27, 2023, 09:32 AM Jan 2023

always says "right or left Hand lane", what does the Hand have to do with it ?
Right lane or Left lane
Right side, Left side

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In watching the local news and weather the traffic report lady [View all] Beachnutt Jan 2023 OP

Probably just a regional idiom carry-over Marthe48 Jan 2023 #1

Linguistic redundancy increases automatic error correction. Tetrachloride Jan 2023 #2

This message was self-deleted by its author sl8 Jan 2023 #7

"Right" is sometimes synonymous with "correct" HariSeldon Jan 2023 #3

First thing I learned today Effete Snob Jan 2023 #6

Oh I get it now... MiHale Jan 2023 #4

My wife does that Effete Snob Jan 2023 #5

I try and stay away from the far right lanes.... Chakaconcarne Jan 2023 #8