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You can go right around traffic Don't do that.

by josefresco 8y ago

fossuser 8y ago
It's legal to split lane in California.
- ramses0 8y ago
  Last I heard, it was actually "not illegal" to lane split in California.
  - lylecubed 8y ago
    It was officially legalized in 2016 and went into affect January 2017. https://www.motorcyclecruiser.com/california-lane-splitting-bill-goes-into-effect-january-1 https://www.motorcyclecruiser.com/california-lane-splitting-...
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virtualritz 8y ago
Most European cities where scooters (mopeds) make up a seizable portion of traffic (e.g. Paris) would come to a standstill if you "didn't do that". The issue is more that drivers in the US aren't used to sharing the road with these vehicles. In Paris, drivers naturally drive far left and far right on roads that have two lanes per direction to leave a corridor for the scooters in the middle. Then 'going around traffic' is less of an issue for everyone involved.
- gkilmain 8y ago
  Is 'going around traffic' the same as 'weaving in and out of traffic'? How do you propose we leave the middle corridor open for your scooter when its jammed bumper to bumper? Fuck your scooters
  - jobigoud 8y ago
    > Fuck your scooters You don't own the road. It's a shared space.
    - gkilmain 8y ago
      My point is you can't weave in and out of traffic. Stay in your lane like everyone else. Want to use the bike lane ride a bike.
  - gimmeThaBeet 8y ago
    lane spitting is mostly illegal in the us, but a legal thing in california. so here, in dead stop traffic, you in fact can do that, and it doesn't involve weaving in and out of traffic. calm down.
mcjiggerlog 8y ago
That's literally want you're officially meant to do according to the highway code in most of the world.
- shady-lady 8y ago
  > according to the highway code in most of the world. Was there some article written on this? Can I get a link?
  - mcjiggerlog 8y ago
    Struggling to find anything more official, but http://www.motorcycle.com/features/where-is-it-legal-to-lane-split.html http://www.motorcycle.com/features/where-is-it-legal-to-lane... For example here in Spain, most stop lights in cities have special areas at the front where motorcycles are expected to filter through to, e.g. https://goo.gl/maps/JRvxvtVZ8vL2 https://goo.gl/maps/JRvxvtVZ8vL2
u801e 8y ago
It actually reduces one's chance of getting rear-ended when waiting in stopped traffic.
gascan 8y ago
There's a range of ways to do that. Weaving through flowing freeway traffic at 100mph? Pretty damn dangerous. Filtering up between lines of stopped cars at a stoplight? Not terribly dangerous & reduces traffic for everyone.

You can go right around traffic Don't do that.

fossuser 8y ago

It's legal to split lane in California.

ramses0 8y ago
Last I heard, it was actually "not illegal" to lane split in California.
- lylecubed 8y ago
  It was officially legalized in 2016 and went into affect January 2017. https://www.motorcyclecruiser.com/california-lane-splitting-bill-goes-into-effect-january-1 https://www.motorcyclecruiser.com/california-lane-splitting-...

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virtualritz 8y ago

Most European cities where scooters (mopeds) make up a seizable portion of traffic (e.g. Paris) would come to a standstill if you "didn't do that". The issue is more that drivers in the US aren't used to sharing the road with these vehicles. In Paris, drivers naturally drive far left and far right on roads that have two lanes per direction to leave a corridor for the scooters in the middle. Then 'going around traffic' is less of an issue for everyone involved.

gkilmain 8y ago
Is 'going around traffic' the same as 'weaving in and out of traffic'? How do you propose we leave the middle corridor open for your scooter when its jammed bumper to bumper? Fuck your scooters
- jobigoud 8y ago
  > Fuck your scooters You don't own the road. It's a shared space.
  - gkilmain 8y ago
    My point is you can't weave in and out of traffic. Stay in your lane like everyone else. Want to use the bike lane ride a bike.
- gimmeThaBeet 8y ago
  lane spitting is mostly illegal in the us, but a legal thing in california. so here, in dead stop traffic, you in fact can do that, and it doesn't involve weaving in and out of traffic. calm down.

mcjiggerlog 8y ago

That's literally want you're officially meant to do according to the highway code in most of the world.

shady-lady 8y ago
> according to the highway code in most of the world. Was there some article written on this? Can I get a link?
- mcjiggerlog 8y ago
  Struggling to find anything more official, but http://www.motorcycle.com/features/where-is-it-legal-to-lane-split.html http://www.motorcycle.com/features/where-is-it-legal-to-lane... For example here in Spain, most stop lights in cities have special areas at the front where motorcycles are expected to filter through to, e.g. https://goo.gl/maps/JRvxvtVZ8vL2 https://goo.gl/maps/JRvxvtVZ8vL2

u801e 8y ago

It actually reduces one's chance of getting rear-ended when waiting in stopped traffic.

gascan 8y ago

There's a range of ways to do that. Weaving through flowing freeway traffic at 100mph? Pretty damn dangerous. Filtering up between lines of stopped cars at a stoplight? Not terribly dangerous & reduces traffic for everyone.