Studies by the CHP have shown that splitting lanes is safer than sitting in traffic
Interesting article - I rode daily from Gainesville to Ft Worth and back, including through the I35W backup at I820.
I used the shoulder in lieu of lane-splitting. Even then
the ba$tard$ tried to run me off the road, make me crash,
give the feenger, yell obscenities. One even chased me
to the gate of the facility where I worked. That was scary.
It just doesn’t seem to me like a smart thing to do given human nature. It only takes one m/c-hater a second to cripple you for life.