Do and don'ts of lanespliting

[N4CR]

it looks ghey and yes theres a huge lean been added, i'm tempted to red rep you for

• being a wanna be
• having a wankerish Gareth_d avatar

so..so..sooooo tempted....

* edit.. fek it.. red rep dispatched

What if you take the piss out of gareth_d

[Gremlin]

• being a wanna be
• having a wankerish Gareth_d avatar

I would like to point out that I didn't make it... and it doesn't have nearly as much poor taste...

You're jealous aren't you??

*sniff* me first red rep.... I was sooooo trying to get to the full coooool looking boxes.... I better start a thread to question the meaning of red rep not...

[mstriumph]

get back on topic !!!!

here's another thing to remember about lane-splitting .......

don't try it in a cage!!!

[Gremlin]

lol... dummy... reminds me how I could have been, between a truck and bus one time... saw the light at the end getting much too small

Whatever you do, if you're going to go for a gap, don't second guess yourself, weigh it up in the nanosecond you get, and do or do not. If the car in front brakes, while you go for it (some wankers will even brake check you, with nothing in front) keep going and just speed up your manoeuvre. If you are right behind a car when starting, and they brake, you'll never stop anyway.

Also, the inevitable roll on, roll off of the throttle as you second guess yourself will probably upset the bike.

[UrbanMyth]

fair enough. I must be a rebel ..

[SARGE]

I DON'T!!!
(he knows i just wait for him at the next ramp ... eh Frosty!!)

seriously guys its easy ...Just treat every lane as its own single lane road AND then only OVERTAKE vehicles staying within that lane..which ever one it is!!

Dont undertake (unless the other vehicle is completely stationary OR has its right indicator showing that it is about to turn or MOVE to the right)

that way you dont get a piece of paper from me( I can save them up for all those deserving cage drivers) and I dont have to visit ya at hospital or the morgue

and while doing all the above.. be aware of the weather and visibility.. hey Nod.. what are the rules regarding use of hazard lights while splitting ?

[Jamezo]

One from this morning... when a bike comes up behind you... would you mind awfully pulling into a lane, so I don't have to split at your speed?? It was unusual, because I came up behind you and you were sitting there, right behind a car straddling 2 lanes, so perhaps you had just had a close shave... and perhaps didn't know I split faster than you, but it would have been nice. A buell I think it was, on the southern.

Aww, sometimes bikes coming up behind you don't always want you to pull over. Just this week I came up to a shiny sprotsbike who wasn't splitting quite as aggresively (well, t'was in the wet) as myself, and I thought I'd just match his splitting and have a little buddy for the ride. But no, he mistook my friendliness for impatience, and waved me ahead. Pooh. Ironically, his number plate was 'U2SLO'

[Pancakes]

I have the option of takingt he north western or the northern into town and the nw splitters are so much more on-to it. I do agree though, if someone comes up behind you and you can't see because your mirrors are aimed into the cars to check out the girlies seat-belt cleavage (2nd best thing about the upgrade from lap belts next to the still being alive thing) ADJUST THEM. If you just don't look much, thats ok but do check when you get a chance and if your one of the (must be a new biker thing) riders who does the cage trick of moving your eyes to the mirrors a few times and still not seeing me I'll take it like your just rude. I see people behind me a bit and move the first time I have a chance, I also wave them by so they can use the gap instead of wondering if I'm gonna pull back out again. (Roughly) Half the riders out there pass me and half I overtake so I figure I'm pretty average. ONE THING THAT PISSES ME OFF, who is splitting with the left indicator on. I know 99% of the time we're undertaking (in the far right lane on the left of the cars) but do you want to advertise that to the guys in the party cars? I leave my right one on as a flashing yellow light will help me be seen and the car cops on the side of the road might (fingers crossed) think I'm passing correctly and leave me alone. I hope. Tottaly agree though about gaps, go faster in the spare room if you like but cars will change lanes just for the hell of it and a gaps a likely place for that to happen.

PS, if your the guy who thinks he's splitting by sitting on the cats eyes at the same speed as the cars can you not block the lane?

PPS, I got pulled over once by a cop who looked like Napoleon Dynamites cousin Kip which was funny by it's self and he told me bikes shouldn't do that swerving thing, when I asked what that was he said when peole keep changing lanes left right etc and I say, what, don't change lanes? and he says yes then looked confused. I will carry on changing lanes, can thay arresst me for not complying with the instructions of an officer hahahahaha.

Tired and rambling. massive post but I haven't said anything for so long it's all pent up

[Gremlin]

If you are switching from lane to lane, if they want to nail you, they can, as stopping it legally, is bloody hard.

Being pedantic, you must indicate each lane change for 3 seconds, before you execute the move.

Using the right indicator is correct, as this is the indicator used to overtake another car, while you are both in the same lane... also allows you one out into the fast lane... as you were indicating

As has been covered... you cannot pass on the left of the cars in the fast lane. Its technically illegal, and they can bust you for it.

[rwh]

seriously guys its easy ...Just treat every lane as its own single lane road AND then only OVERTAKE vehicles staying within that lane..which ever one it is!!

How does all this fit in with 2 seconds of following distance? Does that only apply if you're directly behind?

[jord]

the only do and dont of lane splitting is dont

[Pancakes]

what? I bet you wait at the back of the lights too? Crikey crapsville batman. Can you just go to a store these days and they'll give a bike to anybody? Whats the point of riding a bike (in rush hour) if you can't get somewhere in half the time? It's not that I think I'm better than other motorists, no sir, just in a car you get radio and dryness and to wait at the back and on a bike you get to be wet and cold but to excersise freedoms that aren't descibeable in law books. i'm not saying you should go out and try to kill yourself to proove anything just that there are "grey areas" of the law (and road) that bikes are able to take advantage of. No wonder you have a honda car badge as your little pisture thing not a honda bike logo. Your a closet cager. Next time your in a slow moving motorway try it. You might just like it sam I am.

[NSR-Dan]

dont try and keep up with nathan reid, he's like a frickin ping pong ball on his scooter

[XP@]

DO: use your brain
DONT: split with complete disregard for other road users.

I followed rider in this morning who was up the arse of every car, cutting in when ever there was a bike sized gap. He forced about 3 cars to make evasive manouvers. He was 2 cars ahead of me when we arrived in to town. I had ridden within the law (3 seconds indication, no passing on the left in the same lane etc) picking my time to pass safely.