What do you think? Should a motorcycle be allowed to "lane split" and pass between 2 cars while driving? If you think it should be allowed, what kind of rules or regulations should be on it?
Personally...I think it should be legal at stopped traffic lights. Get the motorcycle out of traffic quickly. And the person performing the maneuver should only be going a certain speed and should only be a certain number of car lengths back (maybe less than 10?).
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Riding bikes for 46 years, I'm fine with it. Haven't used it a lot, because I rarely find myself in that kind of heavy traffic. Growing up in the SF Bay area, I did on occasion, but being less than 10 min. from work made little difference.
Here in my part of Oregon, rush hour is 10 minutes long.....and I stay off the road between 5 and 5:15. :lamo
It's allowed in California below 25mph.
But no one pays attention until someone dies.
I give them extra room if I see them.
Not enforceable unless there is a motor officer out there.
dangerous....
especially with the road rage drivers around
saw a guy on a crotch rocket get waylaid by another dude opening his door on his F250 pickup
i guess he thought the cycle should have waited in traffic like everyone else
not sure if it is legal or not....but i see them doing it here all the time
traffic is horrendous, and they cut wherever they can
I've seen them open their doors to dump ashtrays, get something out of the trunk or stretch....even on my police bike, I was very careful. Lights and siren help.:lol:
Dangerous and stupid. Every time I hear or read something about watching for motorcycles I get annoyed. Motorcycle riders are the most dangerous drivers I've ever seen.
This is nothing in the states, compared to those bikers in Europe, where there are many more per capita.
Those guys are insane.
They will pass you on the Center Line on a winding road......sometimes 3-5 at a time. They suit up and ride in the pouring rain, snow and sometimes on ice.
Originally, motorcycles were allowed to lane split at slow speed because, otherwise, they'd overheat. But these days that's not a concern for the most part. Dangerous, of course, it always has been.
But California and other Western states also let bicyclists use the highways (signs to 'share the road' are everywhere on I 40, I 1 and so on). That's more dangerous than allowing lane splitting. And yet - the wrecks that happen routinely aren't from lane splitting.
motorcycles themselves are actually at MORE risk when they're in slow moving traffic - being rear-ended is quite common.
So though I think it's dangerous to split, and rude and annoying as a **** as a driver . . . I'd prefer they split than end up with broken legs and necks because some dumb**** was on their smartphone during the early morning commute.'
That is a concern....many bikes on the road today are still air cooled.
All my bikes are air cooled, sometimes if an accident is tying up the entire road and no one is moving, I shut them down before overheating.
I'm fine with in traffic jams moving slower than 10 mph.
Again, hard to enforce....
I do not think it should be legal, period.
If it has to be allowed, only if traffic is moving at less than 15 mph.
Either way, strictly enforced.
Nearly impossible unless their is a bike cop out there or a traffic cam.
Rude = Judging.
I am saving gas, time and wear (air cooled engine) by splitting.
If that is rude, I am rude.
Agreed.
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