[DogByte6RER]

I was the first vote on this poll (which is why it was at 100% as of this posting.)

I'm not a biker, but I always try to move when a biker approaches fron behind during rush hour traffic.

Hell, I figure somebody ought to make out good in this crappy So-Cal traffic.

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[DogByte6RER]

Related news article: “The split-lane personality of motorcycle riders”

http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2007/06/05/news/top_stories/01_44_766_3_07.txt

[pissant]

Yes. They are a danger

[al baby]

I think they should give motorcycle riders medals for bravery or stupidity i can’t decide

[ThomasThomas]

California has speed limits on motorcycles while splitting lanes.

[hometoroost]

If you want to lane-split go ahead (it only bothers me because I’m stuck in my car - some people seem to view it as a personal insult). Seems kind of dangerous to me because there are so many bad drivers out there but if you want to do it go ahead.

[vbmoneyspender]

Motorcycles generally don’t clog traffic - which is good. The vehicles that should be banned are Volvos and VW Buses.

[VeniVidiVici]

Bumper-to-bumper traffic I don’t really care.

When I’m going down the highway and they come flying by me at 120mph, well they can split the lane all they want but indemnify me if I don’t see them when changing lanes.

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FYI, I’ve done that before, but only when traffic was at a standstill. It’s great for getting through heavy city traffic or on the freeway when it’s stopped dead.

People who don’t like it are just jealous because they’re not moving.

[martin_fierro]

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BE the lane.

[absolootezer0]

aw.. what a conundrum for tree huggin liberal hippies..
“no don’t split lanes.. its DANGEROUS, we wanna stop you for your own good”
“don’t just sit there idling and burning gas, and polluting the air.. “

[Teacher317]

California Highway Patrol Officer Ron Thatcher in Temecula said in a telephone interview Friday that the law specifies only that the practice is legal. It does not set specific limits.

I'm stunned that it is legal. I still probably wouldn't do it unless I could follow someone else. I would be more likely to use the shoulder, so I wouldn't double the number of fools that could hit me (plus the shoulder isn't typically used at all, while cars change lanes all the time, which further reduces my risks).

[television is just wrong]

we need a little less government in our faces, not more.

[television is just wrong]

we need a little less government in our faces, not more.

[dangus]

I’m all for letting a “lane-splitting” motorcyclist navigate forwards through traffic, although I am open to the possibility that I am ignorant of a grave reason to prevent it. But is the poll asking whether motorcyclists shouldn’t have to obey speed limits? That’d seem crazy, since they are MORE vulnerable, not less vulnerable than auto drivers to the dangers of high speed. Or is it saying that “lane-splitting” should be permitted only at low speeds? (As in, if a traffic jam slows traffic down to 15 MPH, the biker may slip through, but if traffic is only slowed down to 50 MPH, he can stay “in formation” with everyone else?)