Please, no...

If we lived in a society that believed in compromise, we would've reached it. I'd be cool with just "filtering" (term was new to me).

Lane splitting, as I understand it, is two motorcyclists riding side by side within a lane. Sometimes large groups of motorcyclists do it. Bikers have manages to do this responsibly for many decades with very few problems. Makes them more visible, and opens up another lane to traffic... not really sure what the problem here is.

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Originally Posted by Clint45

Lane splitting, as I understand it, is two motorcyclists riding side by side within a lane. Sometimes large groups of motorcyclists do it. Bikers have manages to do this responsibly for many decades with very few problems. Makes them more visible, and opens up another lane to traffic... not really sure what the problem here is.

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Lane splitting is riding between two lanes. More or less on the stripe. I don?t know what you are referring to is called. Maybe lane sharing?

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Originally Posted by Clint45

Lane splitting, as I understand it, is two motorcyclists riding side by side within a lane. Sometimes large groups of motorcyclists do it. Bikers have manages to do this responsibly for many decades with very few problems. Makes them more visible, and opens up another lane to traffic... not really sure what the problem here is.

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Nope.

Colorado law allows motorcycles to ride "two abreast". CRS 43-4-1503 (1,4). That's not splitting.

CRS 43-4-1503 (3) currently states "A person shall not operate a motorcycle between lanes of traffic or between adjacent lines or rows of vehicles". That's the section they're going to study for possible revision.

HB23-1059 summary: "Under current law, the driver of a motorcycle is prohibited from overtaking or passing a motor vehicle by driving in the same lane as the motor vehicle or between rows of motor vehicles, a practice known as 'lane splitting'. "

An interesting note about all of this. In CA, lane splitting has basically always been a thing because it wasn't illegal. There was nothing in the code mentioning it at all. Then, some time I think less than 10 years ago, CHP tried to issue some guidelines regarding lane splitting to help make it safer. People said, oh no you didn't CHP, you can't issue guidelines for something that's not a law. So then CA passed a law allowing lane splitting by actual CA Vehicle Code.

It has always been legal in CA by default because it wasn't illegal. Being CA, that wasn't good enough for them. They had to make a law allowing it... because we can't let people do things on their own, the gov must permit it first.

The land of the free when the government says it is legal.

-John

The land of the very permissive government.

-John

The land where you just have to say, "please?"

-John

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Originally Posted by DDT951

That is funny. "Shit and Get"

Officer: Why did you use launch control pulling away from that light?

Motorists: "I wanted to be safer"


That said, I actually was in line at Qdoba a year or so ago and a CSP trooper was in front. I asked him if using launch control on the street was legal.

He told me there are now laws against it. But do not exceed speed limit, you must be under control, and you cannot be racing another vehicle. But simply full on acceleration itself is not illegal as long as it is not dangerous.

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I had an MP pull me over on my bike on Ft. Riley and told me he could cite me for "show of speed." Apparently, there are many states/jurisdictions that show of speed, or "Exhibition of speed' is a violation. Seems rather subjective.

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I had an MP pull me over on my bike on Ft. Riley and told me he could cite me for "show of speed." Apparently, there are many states/jurisdictions that show of speed, or "Exhibition of speed' is a violation. Seems rather subjective.

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Back in my youth I got tickets for excessive acceleration and exhibition of speed.