noun General Slang

Hammer lane

· noun · trucker

The fast lane / passing lane on a highway.

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The leftmost lane on a US interstate — the one you use to overtake and to run at speed. Called the hammer lane because that's where you've got the hammer down. Truckers use it as both a literal direction ('moving to the hammer lane') and as shorthand for a hard-charging life on the road. Major trucker magazine even took the name.

“I'm coming up in the hammer lane, give me a holler when you're clear.”
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Hammer lane In A Sentence

I'm coming up in the hammer lane, give me a holler when you're clear.

Origin & Usage

1970s/80s trucker slang, derived from 'hammer down' (full throttle). The fast lane is where drivers spend time at full speed.

Tags #trucker#cb-radio#highway#driving

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