Please, no...

[.455_Hunter]

https://www.9news.com/article/news/l...0-1a4917f087b1

How many more dumbass ideas do we have to try here?

This time, it's an R promoting stupid crap.

Lane splitting is one of the most self-serving, "who cares about anybody else on the road" agendas in existence. Just because you and your bike are "hot" is not justified validation. I had the pleasure of first being on the receiving end of this novel parlor trick on I-5 in San Diego- Plenty of idiots playing thread the needle.

I am sure some of you folks thinks it's a great idea, but I ain't one of y'all.

[bellavite1]

Where I am from it's SOP.
Maybe people will be more alert rather than driving in a daze...

[.455_Hunter]

Where I am from it's SOP.
Maybe people will be more alert rather than driving in a daze...

I guess my retort would be that the motorcyclists need to realize they are not special snowflakes and can exist in the slow-moving traffic jam like everyone else. If it's a problem for you or your bike, then you should have planned a different route or used a different form of transportation. Boo hoo.

[BPTactical]

Stoned assed drivers staring at their cellphones and lane splitters.
What could go wrong?

[bellavite1]

I guess my retort would be that the motorcyclists need to realize they are not special snowflakes and can exist in the slow-moving traffic jam like everyone else. If it's a problem for you or your bike, then you should have planned a different route or used a different form of transportation. Boo hoo.

Why should they stay stuck in a traffic jam if they can move between cars?
What are they taking away from you?
Live and let live.

[Scanker19]

See because when motorcyclists say “share the road” what they really mean is, “go fuck yourself. We have an expectation of doing our own rules, while you have to Maintain your rules and our rules, and if YOU fuck up either our rules or your rules, we’ll sue you because even though you looked twice and our loud pipes saves lives, you still weren’t expecting a vehicles driving down the painted line that you as a automobile driver have been taught since day one, shouldn’t be driving down.”
I think that’s what that bromide means.
Using motorcycle logic, I can drive My dope-ass Kia Forte anywhere that it can fit as long it’s an expression of convenience for myself.

[ray1970]

It?s kind of like legalizing pot. People are doing it anyways so why not make it legal?

One more step to making Colorado exactly like California.

[ray1970]

On a side note, I guess I?ll need a skinnier bike. Not sure my bagger would even fit between cars around here.

[.455_Hunter]

Why should they stay stuck in a traffic jam if they can move between cars?
What are they taking away from you?
Live and let live.

Three reasons:

Just because you can doesn't mean you should. It's like saying people can just drive on the shoulders if they feel like it- they fit, it's part of the road, so what's the problem?

In moving traffic, lane splitters can absolutely cause an instinctive startle and stealing wheel jerk response in drivers they are passing in an unexpected manner. A normal passing vehicle is not blowing by 3 inches from your mirror.

And yes, my personal opinion that such behavior is really no different than the "rules for thee, but not for me crowd" that seems to permeate society today, whether it's John Kerry's hypocrisy or the methheads "camping" in your local park.

Sorry, but I am not a fan.

[TEAMRICO]

Why should they stay stuck in a traffic jam if they can move between cars?
What are they taking away from you?
Live and let live.

It?s not my responsibility to get you where you are going by letting you do what you want on the road.
My observation of MC riders is that they are the most careless and reckless ones on the road because they think we should be looking out for them. You are not my responsibility once again. It?s a courtesy and I don’t t make it my sole purpose to clear the roads for MC’s out there.
Live and let live? Sure, you have greater chance of not making it home that night.
This is bullshit and they need to follow the same laws and rule we have to.
Don?t start me on bicycles and the same behavior.