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In a somewhat related note with bicycle laws, what is the best way to deal with bicycles filtering? Bicycles can filter at a light/stop sign to get up to the fr
by sswezey 12y ago
In a somewhat related note with bicycle laws, what is the best way to deal with bicycles filtering? Bicycles can filter at a light/stop sign to get up to the front. However, they then hold up the cars since the bicycle should be treated as taking the entire lane and the cars have to wait for the other lane or an empty turn lane, etc to pass them. This is exceptionally bad on roads with speed limits more than 20/25 mph, causing severe back ups between lights and stop signs. This is just another issue that causes people to rage about cyclists.
- elwell 12y agoTo add to your question: it's relatively the same for motorcyclists too.
- sswezey 12y agoExcept with a motorcycle, you are able to get up to the intended speed for a road. A bicycle cannot accelerate or maintain as high of a speed as a car. A motorcycle does not have either of these problems.
- justinreeves 12y agoIt's not really, because a motorcycle can out-accelerate the traffic they filter past.
- MetaCosm 12y agoAlso, filtering (lane splitting, white lining, etc) is often ticketed as reckless or some peer of it (on a motorcycle). While it often doesn't have its own designation -- if you are caught, you go home with a HELL of a ticket.
- minikomi 12y agoBuy a bicycle?