Lane splitting

[RACER X]

I'm like a ghost, now you see me now you don't! Poof I'm gone and you can stay jovial in your car stuck in traffic.

 

[Mexican_Hippie]

If I'm home, I've decreased traffic by 1 veh?

If you're home you don't need to split lanes.

 

[Younggun]

I'm like a ghost, now you see me now you don't! Poof I'm gone and you can stay jovial in your car stuck in traffic.

Riiiiiggghhhht......

 

[karlac]

If I'm home, I've decreased scofflaw traffic by 1 veh?

fify

 

[Mexican_Hippie]

Interesting study here.

http://roadsafety.transport.nsw.gov.au/stayingsafe/motorcyclists/lanefiltering/faqs.html

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[TheDan]

If I'm in the front of the line at a light and a bike pulls in front of me I have to wait for them to start moving before I can.

It's no different than a car.

...but it is different. If someone gets in front of you and goes slow then I agree they are a jerk. That applies to any vehicle. Someone moving past you is not adversely effecting you other than apparently hurting your feelings.

 

[Sapper740]

I was just talking to my wife. It's 1830 hrs on a Friday, she's northbound on 35E in Lewisville and doing 70mph. Two rice rockets just passed her, both lane splitting at what she estimates to be 140mph. Probably a little exaggeration there...or maybe not, but they blew by her like she was standing still.

This is the kind of lane splitting that is hyper dangerous and only done by fools.

 

[RACER X]

Agreed

 

[kyletxria1911a1]

I was just talking to my wife. It's 1830 hrs on a Friday, she's northbound on 35E in Lewisville and doing 70mph. Two rice rockets just passed her, both lane splitting at what she estimates to be 140mph. Probably a little exaggeration there...or maybe not, but they blew by her like she was standing still.

This is the kind of lane splitting that is hyper dangerous and only done by fools.

Had one do that yesterday. If i had not seen him he would have gotten mashed between me and a tractor trailer.

 

[RACER X]

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-lane-splitting-study-20141022-story.html

The study, which reviewed thousands of accident reports from around the state, found that lane-splitting is no more dangerous than riding a motorcycle in a marked lane.

 

[Southpaw]

Lane-splitting is safe, but with speed comes danger, study finds - LA Times

The study, which reviewed thousands of accident reports from around the state, found that lane-splitting is no more dangerous than riding a motorcycle in a marked lane.

 

[Odiferous]

If I'm following the rules of the road and a man makes a deliberate decision that costs him his life, I'm going to go home, eat a bowl of ice cream, and sleep like a baby.

During 25 years in the Army I lost more friends to motorcycles than combat.

 

[Orbie]

If I'm following the rules of the road and a man makes a deliberate decision that costs him his life, I'm going to go home, eat a bowl of ice cream, and sleep like a baby.

During 25 years in the Army I lost more friends to motorcycles than combat.

Ok, but WHAT kind of ice cream?

 

[Odiferous]

Ok, but WHAT kind of ice cream?

Rocky Road?

Buh-dum-dum

 

[karlac]

During 25 years in the Army I lost more friends to motorcycles than combat.

Can't say that, but a friend, and West Point graduate, I served with sacrificed dreams of a military career by breaking both legs in an off-base motorcycle accident, ultimately leaving him discharged as being unable to meet the physical requirements for active duty.

Shit happens, but what a waste...

 

[Odiferous]

I did know a Sergeant Major who spent a couple of months in the hospital because he rounded a corner one foggy morning and ran smack into a deer - he managed to call a friend who retrieved the deer and had the meat ready for him when he recovered.

Of course...he was a Sergeant Major...and there was beer involved when he told me...but I choose to believe it :-)