Lane Splitting / Filtering

[Mattyc]

Was splitting on the way to work this morn about 9:15 there was a bloke on a purple and yellow late model gixxer (can remember what the scheme is called alastare ??)

we both were splitting quite a bit before we came across a cage cop, then it all came to halt i sort of tucked in and got in behind a car.

What is the full legality of splitting ? is it completely illegals ?
I once was told some Jive that as long as you indicated your lane changeds and didnt exceed 50kmh it was all good - that time it was referred to as filtering, its probably a load of turd, but id like some clarification on it, i know we can now use the bus lanes in town, be good if we could use them on the motorway too.

a lot of cops turn a blind eye to it but you can never be sure

[snuffles]

as far as I am aware the legal definition is if the traffic is moving at less than 20km, you are allowed to filter.

You must be doing no more than 30km yourself.

[Slingshot]

There don't seem to be any hard and fast rules about when you can and when you can't.

If you do a search on this forum you'll find numerous debates on this subject.

Personally, I take the view that it's illegal and if I get pulled over, I'll get a ticket. That doesn't stop me from doing it though, it's all about the risk to benefit ratio. I've also split past police cars and bikes and so far, they have turned a blind eye.
Also, if you're splitting like a maniac, expect to draw attention to yourself and don't complain when you get slapped with the long arm of the law!

[SARGE]

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/search.php

[Mattyc]

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/search.php

lol Sarge your Sig is like a big post its HUGE!!!

[Lou Girardin]

I'm so over the filtering debate that I'm trying something different.



I'm completely against it.
It's dangerous.
It's illegal.
Cagers hate us for it.




Nah. Just kidding.

[Biff]

as far as I am aware the legal definition is if the traffic is moving at less than 20km, you are allowed to filter.

You must be doing no more than 30km yourself.

Nope. A search will reveal all.

[Jonty]

Just make sure you bike will fit through the holes in the filter. Nothing like being an odd sized chunk, you are bound to be sifted

[marty]

FFS - a simple search would have found 189 matches. how hard is it?

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/se...earchid=677265

[pyrocam]

HOLY CRAP ITS ANOTHER ONE!

we should make a whole forum for these and move them all in

[Mattyc]

FFS - a simple search would have found 189 matches. how hard is it?

Gah i tried but got a white screen and some error - think it was sql

[justsomeguy]

Gah i tried but got a white screen and some error - think it was sql

Probably cos the site is sick of repeating the same search ........

[Mattyc]

Probably cos the site is sick of repeating the same search ........

Yeah most likely eh, fucken repeditive searching

[pyrocam]

cripes its a good thing we dont enforce the rules here like www.somethingawful.com forums. for posting that youd be banned and have a picture of a a a a hmmm: http://forums.somethingawful.com/dic...=3&topicid=340

[justsomeguy]

Yeah most likely eh, fucken repeditive searching

Basically I think it depends on:

1. What mood the oink is in.
2. How much of a risk do you seem? How smoothly you can filter -not cut people off- and how much faster than the traffic you are.
3. I know we need to speed up to 130+ while filtering on the motorway to do it safely - but the cops may not agree........same with slower 50K zones...