wots the point of having a bike if you cant filter through trafic? if you yanks had better lane discipline u could do it safely we can & do most car move 4 u 2 pass now(they didnt 20 yrs ago). in france they even move over if they see u commin towards them on a single lane road & they think its normal 2 travel at over 90mph out of town great!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Here in california it's legal but the only time I'll do it is when traffic is at pretty much a stand still.
First gear, sometimes second but general rule of thumb is I don't go faster than I want to fall.
I've seen folks sailing along doing 35-40mph+ splitting lanes just to see a cage change lanes.
I may break something but if i fall but I'm not in such a hurry that I want to risk dying just to get there a little sooner.

Just my take on the question

Krusr

 

I'll split (in Calif.) if traffic is stopped or near-stopped. If possible I'll try to move back and forth between lanes during slow moving traffic rather than spend too much time between two cars next to each other. If I know I'll be splitting I'll take the BMW because I wouldn't miss it much as the Hog.I'm a little more restrained on the Hog because she's a wide load and I wouldn't want her to get all crumpled. The Power Rangers who split at 40 mph in stopped traffic scare the crap out of me. I'm glad they're immortal. They are, right?

 

Not sure what the law is here in Germany but people do it and it seems pretty much accepted, even more so in Italy and France. I don't do it unless I'm about to get wet or traffic is stopped. Anyone else riding in Germany who actually knows what the law is?

 

Almost as funny as your avatar...

As far as lane splitting, if its legal its fine if its illegal, well your gonna **** folks off when you go past

But hey thats half the perks of 2 whells IMO.

 

My bet is that those who don't like it can't do it.

I do it when I have to. I ride I-80 in the Bay Area. Sometimes, it stops, and I'm going to work. When I drive my car, I have to leave a half-hour earlier to get to work.

I had a carload of kids try to squeeze me once, so I went around them on the other side and stopped in front of them and put my kickstand down and got off my bike. I've never seen 4 windows get rolled up so quickly. So I opened the hood on their car and got back on my bike.

 

it's actually safer than sitting in traffic.

 

Since I'm from Jersey and it's illegal here I never thought twice about it. But I was in France a couple weeks ago on vacation and couldn't believe the lane sharing I saw there. I drove on a superhighway in a bus for over 5 hours and was thoroughly "entertained" by the daredevil maneuvers I saw bikers make as they threaded their way between cars and buses at 60 plus mph. One good thing is you never get caught in a traffic jam. You always get to move to the head of the line. But I had to wonder what sort of accident rate bikers must have there.

 

The bike will fit but I won't

 

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I wouldn't do if it wasn't legal. But it is where I live. I don't think I'm "stupid", I'm just not "afraid".

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I.m with you man lane splitting is the way to go, I have nealry 100k on my bike & have lane split since day one , Accidents only happen to those who are not paying attention.

If your too afraid to ride then you shouldn't be on a bike !!
Don'tbe Scared !!