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It's for these same reasons that I think lane-splitting on a motorcycle is so stupid. They are heavy enough to destabilize cars in a collision, definitely heavy
by tomatotomato37 4y ago
It's for these same reasons that I think lane-splitting on a motorcycle is so stupid. They are heavy enough to destabilize cars in a collision, definitely heavy enough to kill bikers, and yet have the same visibility issues as their human-powered cousins
- RhysU 4y agoMotorcyclists generally don't lanesplit on single-lane roads because it's dumb. Sure, I could ride my liter bike to the right side of a Civic on most roads but I would be nuts to do it even were it legal. Or I could ride it down the center double yellow line to pass the hypothetical Civic, but again it would be stupid. Notice with motorcycles it is the motorcyclist that chooses to lane split (or not). With bicycles, sometimes it is the bicyclist that chooses and sometimes it is the car. This is fundamentally different. Many motorcyclists stay in the left third of the lane as taught by, e. g. the Motorcycle Safety Foundation (MSF). Much of this article is basic lane positioning and awareness material taught by the MSF or periodically printed in the American Motorcyclist Association magazine.