Here in Hawaii it's illegal and the police will chaise you down if the catch you lane splitting. However, when I lived in California it was legal and I lane split from time to time. Like anything else, it comes down to the rider. Lots of times motorcycles would fly past me when I was stuck in traffic in my car. It always amazed me at how fast some of these bikes would go between cars. I never felt comfortable and was always very careful. In Hawaii our lanes are much narrow and we just don't have room between cars - it just doesn't work and is way too dangerous.
It's all about riding safe - what ever your definition of safe is. S. On Nov 24, 9:28 am, Kyle Munz <[email protected]> wrote: > I hope this doesn't get as heated as a favorite oil thread, but what does > everyone think about Lane Splitting? There's actually a state bill in TX > slowly making its way through Austin to legalize it here. The rules are that > both rider and passenger must wear a helmet, the rider must not go more than > 5mph faster than the cars it is passing, traffic must not be doing more than > 20mph, and you can't do it in a school zone. I'd be worried that a door > would open, or some jack would try to cut me off just to be a jerk, but at > the same time sitting in gridlock on an air-cooled bike constantly working > the clutch in an out can be a pain. > > -Kyle > -Sent from Houston, TX, United States -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en.
