נתיב
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The Hebrew word for a lane on a road is נָתִיב (nah-TEEV). The Ayalon Highway is called נְתִיבֵי הָאַיָּלוֹן (neh-tee-VEH-ee hah-ah-yah-LOHN) in Hebrew – the “Ayalon Lanes”. A synonym for נתיב, also used, is מַסְלוּל (mahs-LOOL).
So how does one say, “stay in your lane!” in Hebrew? Truth is, I haven’t heard it much – probably because I don’t usually travel in a private car in Israel. But a useful, literal translation would be תִּשָּׁאֵר בַּנָּתִיב שֶׁלְּך (tee-shah-EHR bah-nah-TEEV shel-KHAH) to a male, or תִּשָּׁאֲרִי בַּנָּתִיב שֶׁלָּך (tee-shah-ah-REE bah-nah-TEEV sheh-LAHKH) to a female.
You could also simplify the phrase to תשאר בנתיב or תשארי בנתיב, without the שלך, so that you’d be saying literally, stay in the lane!
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