Lane splitting/filtering: the legal and commonsense answers

**Swoop** · 13th March 2013, 14:16

Originally Posted by Tigadee

Get a Harley (or loud pipes fitted)... cars split like the red Sea for you.

Not from what I regularly witness.
Cars seem oblivious and the harley riders seem to like wide bars and mirrors, this makes them come to a standstill whenever a gap narrows down.
Or you get the other end of the spectrum when they just use the "bus lane" (emergency shoulder)...

Sent from the pool using beer-burps.

**wysper** · 13th March 2013, 15:27

Originally Posted by Swoop

Not from what I regularly witness.
Cars seem oblivious and the harley riders seem to like wide bars and mirrors, this makes them come to a standstill whenever a gap narrows down.
Or you get the other end of the spectrum when they just use the "bus lane" (emergency shoulder)...

Sent from the pool using beer-burps.

Or the pipes scare them shitless and they do something stupid.

**bluninja** · 13th March 2013, 15:46

Originally Posted by wysper

Or the pipes scare them shitless and they do something stupid.

These pipes on a bike would scare me shitless

**wysper** · 13th March 2013, 15:49

Originally Posted by bluninja

These pipes on a bike would scare me shitless

Careful now, I resemble that picture. Except my bike is smaller.

**Kickaha** · 13th March 2013, 16:26

Originally Posted by The End

+1 for loud pipes save lives.

Originally Posted by PrincessBandit

There are times I'd like it a little noisier.

Anyone in a late model car with the radio on wont even hear you until you are alongside

**Berries** · 13th March 2013, 21:42

Originally Posted by Kickaha

Anyone in a late model car with the radio on wont even hear you until you are alongside

Or see you if the prick before you knocked his mirror off.

**Swoop** · 14th March 2013, 07:41

Originally Posted by wysper

Or the pipes scare them shitless and they do something stupid.

No. Certainly not that issue happening.

Originally Posted by bluninja

These pipes on a bike would scare me shitless

Is it true that to get two pipers to play in tune, you have to shoot one of them?

**strandedinnz** · 14th March 2013, 14:12

Originally Posted by skippa1

Interesting.....I had to do the commute from Titirangi to CBD today and got to the intersection of Titirangi Rd and Margan Rd. I had a rider on a 900 Hornet, complete with yellow glow vest, pull up as we were stopped at the lights, he couldnt fit between my car and the one in the lane beside me. He folded back my drivers wing mirror rode through, without making eye contact and without putting it back.
I then stopped at the intersection of Titirangi and Gt Nth Rd, and had a person on a black 250 Ninja clip my passenger wing mirror. Two within less than 500m!
I had a guy on a Triumph Tiger weasle around me and the car in front....how he got around I have no idea but he was good.

Guess what? No damage and no anger! Interesting though, in total, I had 11 splitters, including scooters and bikes, two mirror touches. Just under 20% hit rate.

One of the 11 probably included me as I do that same route every day ... but I've been good and not clipped anybody's mirrors for ages now! Not sure I'd be bold enough to fold in someone's mirrors if the squeeze was too tight, I tend to just wait till they notice which isn't usually long as I'm on a DR-Z that sounds like it has no baffles in the exhaust, hard not to notice :-)

**f2dz** · 14th March 2013, 14:36

I dunno, I think I'd be pretty pissed off if someone moved my mirror. Not like it's a massive part of your bike to get past, he could've just adjusted slightly or dipped his bars to get by.

Haven't had anything like that myself, but did have a cruiser pull in front of me while splitting this morning without even checking if I was coming through or not, then proceeded to pooter along in front of me, slowing for every HUGE gap that he couldn't fit through because of his giant ass mirrors..

**Swoop** · 15th March 2013, 14:37

Originally Posted by f2dz

but did have a cruiser pull in front of me while splitting this morning without even checking if I was coming through or not, then proceeded to pooter along in front of me, slowing for every HUGE gap that he couldn't fit through because of his giant ass mirrors..

What you need to do is yell out to the rider to "FOLD ALL GLASS!". This saying can be shortened to "FAG!" Simply yell it at the top of your lungs (so it can be heard when wearing a helmet) and the crusier rider will appreciate your helpful suggestion!

**SNF** · 22nd March 2013, 17:03

Originally Posted by Swoop

What you need to do is yell out to the rider to "FOLD ALL GLASS!". This saying can be shortened to "FAG!" Simply yell it at the top of your lungs (so it can be heard when wearing a helmet) and the crusier rider will appreciate your helpful suggestion!

That just made my day rofl. Had a prick in a commonwhore swerve towards me while passing. I do pass on the left - naughty I know, but if him and anyone else in their tuggermatic cages didn't masturbate all over the center line I would pass on the right - fuck doing hill starts on a bike with a slipping clutch! Annoyed me a bit. Lucky I wasn't having a bad day, would have been more than a mirror smashed that's for sure, Id run my bar down the whole side of it, should teach that fucker.......

**Coldrider** · 22nd March 2013, 21:38

Originally Posted by FZR250

That just made my day rofl. Had a prick in a commonwhore swerve towards me while passing. I do pass on the left - naughty I know, but if him and anyone else in their tuggermatic cages didn't masturbate all over the center line I would pass on the right - fuck doing hill starts on a bike with a slipping clutch! Annoyed me a bit. Lucky I wasn't having a bad day, would have been more than a mirror smashed that's for sure, Id run my bar down the whole side of it, should teach that fucker.......

My commonwhore tuggomatic does not have to launch off at 16,000rpm on a hill start, so it is highly unlikely that you you will end up being spat out under my back bumper. However I have more self dicipline to drive my cage than some ride their bikes, guess it helps to keep the road toll down, and I actually make my destination, rather than dead on time.

**DMNTD:Me** · 23rd March 2013, 05:19

Watched a well overconfident lane splitter get splatted yesterday on the motorway.
Riders need to realise that you are harder to see if you are ducking all over the place trying to make up that extra 2 seconds.
Also...if I can't see you in my mirror while you are lane splitting...it is not my fault, I do look hard, I do move over.
Make yourself be seen including keeping your indicator on.

I hope the rider ends up ok as he looked pretty toast

**bosslady** · 23rd March 2013, 07:30

Originally Posted by DMNTD

Watched a well overconfident lane splitter get splatted yesterday on the motorway.
Riders need to realise that you are harder to see if you are ducking all over the place trying to make up that extra 2 seconds.
Also...if I can't see you in my mirror while you are lane splitting...it is not my fault, I do look hard, I do move over.
Make yourself be seen including keeping your indicator on.

I hope the rider ends up ok as he looked pretty toast

what happened?