Depending on where you are, double yellow lines may only be a recommendation, not a hard and fast rule. And with the acceleration they have motorcycles can pass in much shorter distances than most cars, safely.
The number of car drivers killed by motorcyclists is extremely tiny compared to the number of motorcyclists killed by brain dead car drivers who “just didn’t see them” (probably because it’s hard to see anything if you don’t really look).
This thread is sure bringing out all the hand-wringing safety freaks. If you don’t like lane splitting, don’t do it.
Performance follows attitude. I replied to another poster on this thread who 'opined' that if you do so-and-so on a motorcycle around me (laws be d@mned) then you are responsible for the results.
MC riding is a choice. So is driving brain dead. I've pondered riding with a tire checker (truck) or a hammer in one of my cubbies for those times when a 4 wheeler does something stupid/illegal, then suggests if I don't like it, I shouldn't be riding a MC...one little old lady said I shouldn't be riding on the street. I guarantee you I'm at risk around her.
I think all of us long time riders have several of those stories. I've had 4 wheelers look me in the eye, then take my lane.
It's one thing to recognize that we run a risk. It's another for 4 wheelers to say that THEREFORE, we assume the risk from their incompetence/stupidity.
I was not bashing cyclists. If you noticed the beginning of my comment, I started with “there are plenty of them out there giving the rest of them a bad name!”
Dangerous drivers come in all forms, shapes and sizes.