Motorcycle lane splitting

[Gman]

I too have noticed more bikes splitting lanes ... I just attributed it to the influx of PRK refugees.

Maybe it's a self-correcting problem.

[Aloha_Shooter]

When I went through the MSF course, it was emphasized over and over that my safety was my responsibility.

Saying unconditionally that lane-splitting is "a sensible practice" is just more of the contemporary self-entitled trend of saying "this is sensible/logical/reasonable because it makes things more convenient for me ... to heck with the rest of you."

Lane splitters give ALL drivers/riders one more thing to have to monitor thereby reducing safety for all but most expecially for the rider. If you're on the road, you should be following the rules of the road, not demanding special rules -- that goes for autos, truck, motorcycles, bicycles, etc. I can find very little regarding laws or jurisprudence originating in California that I like or find logical/sensible/reasonable and legalized lane-splitting is no exception.

[MarkCO]

When I went through the MSF course, it was emphasized over and over that my safety was my responsibility.

Saying unconditionally that lane-splitting is "a sensible practice" is just more of the contemporary self-entitled trend of saying "this is sensible/logical/reasonable because it makes things more convenient for me ... to heck with the rest of you."

Lane splitters give ALL drivers/riders one more thing to have to monitor thereby reducing safety for all but most expecially for the rider. If you're on the road, you should be following the rules of the road, not demanding special rules -- that goes for autos, truck, motorcycles, bicycles, etc. I can find very little regarding laws or jurisprudence originating in California that I like or find logical/sensible/reasonable and legalized lane-splitting is no exception.

Ditto.

[Irving]

Only veterans should be able to split lanes.

[Madeinhb]

I briefly had a mental lapse in judgement and moved to So Cal in 2010 for a year. Had a class which started at 6pm in Fountain Valley and I lived in Newport Beach on the peninsula. The 405 would be a parking lot. On the bike, with lane splitting, I'd make it there in 25 minutes. In my truck, it would take an hour.

The key, as fitz notes, is not blasting up the opening but going a cautious speed which allows for reaction.

Good ol' Balboa. I loved there for a year when I was a kid before moving to Huntington Beach

[CS1983]

Good ol' Balboa. I loved there for a year when I was a kid before moving to Huntington Beach

It was nice. I lived in a studio apt across from the elementary school. Surfing every day that I wanted, riding my bike down to the Wedge to watch bodyboarders get thrashed by 20 foot waves when the swell was right, etc. Were it not for the fact that I was tired of the liberal laws, I'd have stayed indefinitely.

[Madeinhb]

It was nice. I lived in a studio apt across from the elementary school. Surfing every day that I wanted, riding my bike down to the Wedge to watch bodyboarders get thrashed by 20 foot waves when the swell was right, etc. Were it not for the fact that I was tired of the liberal laws, I'd have stayed indefinitely.

Haha I went to 6th grade at that school. We rented right on the board walk, 2 blocks south. Fun times.

[fitz19d]

Nm

[Grant H.]

The one argument I can actually agree with FOR lane splitting is air cooled bikes.

Other than that, I don't see a need for it in the slightest, and I agree that it makes that road that much more unsafe for ALL on the road.

[CS1983]

Just wait till the trials guys start hopping over vehicles.