Pasta farts
Hey guys and girls,
Dont forget to cancel your indicators when you're lane splitting (and staying in the same lane).
Whoever it was on the older CBR250 on the northern motorway this morning... you had people swerving away from you because they thought you were turning in towards them.
But otherwise, i compliment you on your cautious and safe lane splitting speed! Just watch the indicators.
Forum whore
Keep the bastards guessing! Anything that causes a cage to swerve AWAY from a bike can't be all bad.
it's not a bad thing till you throw a KLR into the mix.
those cheap ass bitches can do anything with ductape.
(PostalDave on ADVrider)
Pasta farts
Heh, yeah, all fun and games until they swerve in the wrong direction.
Seated in heavenly places
Some people are horrendous in their lane splitting technique...I happen to think that having the right indicator on is more safer than no indication. Also, it would probably be best to be indicating as you pass cars- no indication would be a ripe opportunity for HP to ticket you.Originally Posted by Devil
Hey guys and girls,
Dont forget to cancel your indicators when you're lane splitting (and staying in the same lane).
Whoever it was on the older CBR250 on the northern motorway this morning... you had people swerving away from you because they thought you were turning in towards them.
But otherwise, i compliment you on your cautious and safe lane splitting speed! Just watch the indicators.
Zed
Pasta farts
I disagree. You should use your indicator when shifting over the lane. This guy was riding in the left part of a lane, signalling right...
Seated in heavenly places
Yes you should use your indicator when shifting lanes. The thing with lane spliting is that you can never consistently stay in one lane, so in essence you are shifting lanes all the time. My point is that advocating no indication is more illegal than indicating right when passing on the left of the lane- which will become the right of the next lane once a car forces you to shift lanes.
If a cop witnesses 2 bikes splitting different lanes and one was indicating and the other wasn't, I think I know who would get ticketed! Both could be.
Zed
Forum whore
Well he'd get ticketed anyway.
There is an argument that lane splitting is legal, provided you pass a vehicle on it's right hand side, whilst to the left of the lane marker.
If a man is alone in the woods and there isn't a woke Hollywood around to call him racist, is he still white?
Pasta farts
Ok if you're not staying in the one lane, yeah I agree. In this particular situation, he was quite happily tootling along in the same lane, plenty of room.
:spudwhat:
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My first post so don't be too hard on me.....
Can someone tell me what the strict legal position is regarding lane splitting? When is it allowed and when not?I tend not to do it out of fear of getting a ticket. Am I at risk of getting a ticket if I do it? I see bikers doing it all the time so get the feeling it's OK....but knowing my luck I'll get a $200 ticket first time I do it.
Enlightenment would be welcome. (I got my bike licence about a hundred years ago and I honestly don't remember any reference to lane splitting in the Road Code in those olden days.........)
Forum whore
Hi Kerryg. Nice bike.
Technically lanesplitting is illegal, though if you see my post above BRONZ believe that that interpretation is correct. A police person has quite a few things they can charge you with for lane splitting, so it is best not to antagonise them. I'm an old granny and only lane split when the traffic is more or less stopped. Don't use the service lane on the left because they will ticket you for that.
If a man is alone in the woods and there isn't a woke Hollywood around to call him racist, is he still white?
Pasta farts
Yeah, technically, when the traffic is stopped its ok. as long as you can see at least 100 metres ahead of you. But when the traffic is moving, Its up to the officer whether or not they bother giving you a ticket.
Buell, Own the corners
Actually there is no law for lane splitting.Hi Kerryg. Nice bike.
Technically lanesplitting is illegal, though if you see my post above BRONZ believe that that interpretation is correct. A police person has quite a few things they can charge you with for lane splitting, so it is best not to antagonise them. I'm an old granny and only lane split when the traffic is more or less stopped. Don't use the service lane on the left because they will ticket you for that.
Kiwi Bike Rider Mag did an article on it a few months ago & some high up police representative (can't remember who) said that it would come under the 'overtaking law'. If you pass on the left of a vehicle you are deemed to be 'undertaking' which is illegal, You must pass between the driver side & lane marking, while indicating, with 100 mtr view of road ahead.
The police can nab you for dangerous driving etc.
Forum whore
Did I not say that?? Hmm. hmm??Actually there is no law for lane splitting.
Kiwi Bike Rider Mag did an article on it a few months ago & some high up police representative (can't remember who) said that it would come under the 'overtaking law'. If you pass on the left of a vehicle you are deemed to be 'undertaking' which is illegal
If a man is alone in the woods and there isn't a woke Hollywood around to call him racist, is he still white?
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Thanks for the information, everyone. So I now understand that lane-splitting is probably legal if the traffic is stopped, if I indicate, if I can see 100 metres ahead and only if I do it in the gap between the vehicle I'm overtaking and the centre line. That sounds pretty sensible but there sure are a lot of bikers taking a more ' liberal' view of it....
parting of the sensory
The last time I was pulled over (no ticket), I asked the cop about 'filtering' and 'lane splitting'. He told me that the best option was to pass on the left (!) if the traffic was not moving. He said I would be unlikely to be ticketed for this, unless I collided with any other vehicle, then it would be my fault.
Reading the regulations on overtaking, it seems that the interpretation posted here is correct - you may pass as long as the traffic isn't moving, you indicate your intention, you pass on the right, and you don't cross the lane marking.
I've had to resort to overtaking on the footpath a couple of times (suburban street blocked with traffic) and once on the verge of the motorway byt the North Shore HP headquarters (traffic not moving, insufficient room to get around). Do you think that is OK? :confused2
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