I was just in Hawaii a couple of weeks ago on vacation. I was also surprised that you weren't allowed to ride 2up on a scooter. I think they called it "packing". So instead we rented a car and drove around the island a couple of times. It would have been more fun on a bike though.
-Kyle -Sent from Houston, TX, United States On Fri, Nov 27, 2009 at 1:02 PM, sfox618 <[email protected]> wrote: > 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]<nighthawk_lovers%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. > > > -- 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.
