As out of control as this thread has gotten I think people completely missed the point of lane splitting. When I was working in Yuma, AZ for a defense contractor I rode into California all the time. It was almost impossible not to considering Yuma sits on the state line. In Cali lane splitting is legal and the intent of the law was for motorcycles to idle past traffic in some of the stand still jams. Blazing through slow moving traffic can and will get you a ticket if you get caught.