Lover's lane

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For the road in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, see Lovers Lane, Dallas, Texas.

Lover's lane is a generic term, often used in the United States and Canada, for secluded areas where people kiss or make out. These areas range from parking lots in secluded rural areas to places with extraordinary views of a cityscape or other feature.

"Lover's lanes" are typically found in cultures built around the automobile—lovers often make out in a car or van for privacy.

[edit] Examples

  • The area on the south-east side of Fullers Bridge[1], which crosses the Lane Cove River, and is located near Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia, is a well-known Lover's Lane. In 1963 the site became infamous as the location of the bodies of CSIRO scientist Dr Gilbert Stanley Bogle and Mrs Margaret Olive Chandler, the wife of one of his colleagues. The cause of death while indicative of poisoning couldn't be definitively determined, and, apart from Mrs Chandler's husband, Geoffrey, who was considered the prime suspect by the New South Wales Police, no one to-date has been charged. The Bogle-Chandler case has baffled law enforcement and forensic experts up to present day.
  • A stretch of "Lover's Lane Road" near Norwalk, Ohio runs through a secluded, wooded river valley area; this area is a prime example of the term Lover's Lane.
  • Lovers Lane is also a romantic store for couples based out of Plymouth, MI.

[edit] Criticism

Many criminals take advantage of people engaging in kissing or any type of sexual contact as those people are bound to carry themselves off-guard from a variety of criminals. Metropolitan Los Angeles is an infamous area for this type of controversy as there are gang members who take advantage of people with money and people under the influence of alcohol who get overly angry.