So it's unanimous then?
How and Why Motorcycle Lane Splitting is Safe and Good
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So it's unanimous then?
Ha ha , good one
you did prolly end up in someones backyard!
rmemedic
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Depending on how the cop sees it, you could get a stunting charge.
If you filter "properly" which would be up the right side of a lane with the space for 2 vehicles in order to turn right when the other vehicles ahead are going straight then it shouldn't be an issue. But, get a cop on a power trip and you risk getting a charge.
GentlemanRacer
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1. Use good judgement.
2. Anticipate enforcement crackdowns at the beginning and end of the season. First nice weekend day means a blitz.
3. Contest every ticket in court.
2. Anticipate enforcement crackdowns at the beginning and end of the season. First nice weekend day means a blitz.
3. Contest every ticket in court.
conundrum
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Meh, I've seen SUV drive down the centre-line in Brampton all the time -- so why not a motorcycle
In a perfect world, I would be pro filtering and pro lane-splitting, but given the driver's out there I'd never split for sure, unless it to avoid an accident (similar to driving/dodging onto the shoulder with a car). Also don't forget that in the end it doesn't matter who was in the right and who was in the wrong -- when it's motorcycle vs SUV, the motorcycle ALWAYS loses to physics.
GentlemanRacer
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Using good judgement is the thinker. I respect people who consciously serve others, but some folks just get queer for rules without any concern for reality. Always pick safety and initiative before second guessing whether it's legal.
As they say, better to be judged by 12 than carried by 6.
suzuki2000
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We had this discussion a few times with our daughter when she started driving and transport trucks were doing thisngs they were in the wrong fro around her......
she would contest they were wrong or she had the right of way.... we would explain being right isn't always the goal
JFD
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...it's the problem of everyone who has to pay for insurance premiums.
Bollocks. It'll probably involve an driver. Who didn't want any part of it. Whose time is being wasted. Maybe on the way to bladder surgery. Took a year to get the appointment. That'd be a pissoff.
GentlemanRacer
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Right, so don't lane split because it takes up hospital resources and raises medical insurance premiums that should be used to treat the truly deserving.
Specifically, alcoholics, type 2 diabetics, people who neglect chronic conditions, smokers, brawlers, drug users, and the everyone over 80 who consume %90 of services.
Puh-leez. Odds are if you ride a motorcycle and lane split, you will put more into the health system than you will ever need to get out of it. Those drunks have to get new livers from somewhere.
ride2rideagain
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Lane splitting, I was not a part of that class
The bladder thing was just an example, and a good one, judging by your response. Fact is lane splitting is a poor lifestyle choice like getting a tattoo. It will surely be regretted at some point in the future. And nobody's impressed.
Psycho_Biker
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Alex_San
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I agree. If this would be legal, drivers would have to educate themselves about this. Somehow, they manage to do it in the rest of the world. On top of it, more of them would take up motorcycling since that will actually take them to work/home faster, resulting in less congestion and fewer emisions, since we're all going nuts about the environment...
I cannot believe that there are riders here that are against it, why not make it legal? If you don't want to do it, don't do it! What do you, as a rider, have to lose because of this?
There are studies out there that show that lane splitting is safe, of course, when performed in a responsible manner, but that bit applies to pretty much everything we do in life.
Rubbish. I got rear-ended in stop-n-stop traffic, while everyone was stopped. Car behind me suddenly decided it wanted to go places, creamed me (fortunately, I was angled wrt. traffic and got pushed out of the way) and it destroyed the rear end of the BMW car in front of me. I could see him in my mirrors, but he was crafty and accelerated while I was blinking.
I'd rather be filtering up to the light, thank you. Having lane-split in California and Europe, I have no doubts that it makes all kinds of sense and I feel safer being in control. Half the planet is cool with this, why are North Americans (minus Californians) so freakin' panicked about the whole idea?
