From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishthe inside lanethe inside laneBritish English the lane that is furthest away from the middle of the road OPP outside lane → inside
Examples from the Corpus
the inside lane• But this time I was prepared, hiding in the inside lane.• Myeloski was trapped in the inside lane.• When they got out they saw a Vauxhall Astra, its front badly damaged, directly behind in the inside lane.• I was given the inside lane and I was furious and protested.• A single-decker yellow-and-black bus was travelling fast in the inside lane, its headlights dipped and no traffic immediately in front of it.• The repairs are being carried out to the bridge at Knayton and the inside lanes of both carriageways are closed.• Huge jams built up behind the 74-year-old pensioner as he crawled for five miles along the inside lane of the dual-carriageway A1.• Traffic tailed back fourteen miles after police were forced to close the inside lane of the northbound carriageway. 