You would never survive this shit around Chicago. They'd be putting the squeeze on you.
Lane Splitting
My apologies if this has been posted here before.
Lane Splitting
My apologies if this has been posted here before.
Now that I'm off the office proxy server:Nice. I'm less concerned about the lane sharing than the choice of tracks within lanes when not splitting. track 1 when in the far left lane, track 3 in the far right lane, track 2 at stops. Sub-optimal for visibity by and of the rider. The lane sharing was mostly pretty mild and exactly what I'm looking forward to once Texas passes their pending legislation.You would never survive this shit around Chicago. They'd be putting the squeeze on you.
Lane Splitting
My apologies if this has been posted here before.
BUT, that is the way that some San Francisco bay area riders do it. Passing across a solid white line to get into a turn lane is less than smart. I've seen it done by many riders while heading to the Int'l Bike Show in San Mateo...and I mean 5-10 bikes pushing in between the cars. It scared me and I DO lane share. Weaving back and forth across multiple lanes of traffic is not lane-sharing, its reckless driving, and as Jeff said, is a ticketable offense if the gendarmes see it. That footage on the Bay Bridge heading from Oakland to "The City" was a little gnarly for me, the lanes on the bridge are a bit narrow and crowded.That is WAY beyond lane splitting. That would not be tolerated by the LEO that will most certainly nail this guy sooner or later, unless a cager nails him first.
I asked a CHP officer about that "30 MPH" rule. He siad there was no such thing, but if it looked reckless, they coud write you. I asked him about splitting @ higher speeds, say 50MPH, again he said that if the opportunity was there to safely split the cars and accelerate to a 65MPH speed limit, there was no law against it.If we here in CA ever do lose our privelege of lane sharing, it will be the fault of the careless few who don't follow the guidelines of safety, such as max 10mph faster than the traffic being passed and not above 30 in any case. That's also when I'll sell my bike. I can't go back, man, I just can't go back!
Soo, As long as you videotape ALL your rides, and if someone DOES try to kill you, Is that good enough proof?He did point out that should there be an incident, the burden would be on the motorcycle to prove the car (or truck) intentionally infringed on our right of way....in other words, it'd be our fault.
Dang, I can't see the video... :angry2: It's supposed to be "private". Whatever.That looks more like riding in teerex51's area (Italy)
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