Questions about lane splitting

[speedpro]

There's a line to be crossed for sure, as far as the police go, if your're putting by 10-15kph quicker than the traffic and you got a bit of room etc, they won't bother.

INCORRECT if it's the tosser who potted me. I'd previously been warned twice for exactly that, all by the same aforementioned tosser.

[bgd]

As mentioned previously lane splitting (filtering) is legal in the UK. And not just for bikes, cars can also do it. Of course it does pay to judge your gap...

http://www.ukgser.com/forums/showthr...threadid=25870

[spudchucka]

INCORRECT if it's the tosser who potted me. I'd previously been warned twice for exactly that, all by the same aforementioned tosser.

So the guy gives you two warnings and on the third time he gives you a ticket and that makes him a tosser? Some might say it makes you a slow learner.

[Velox]

Spud - do you have 'the' official word on if you can legally pass cars when there's a yellow line if you don't cross the line itself?

[wkid_one]

Spud - do you have 'the' official word on if you can legally pass cars when there's a yellow line if you don't cross the line itself?

Read my post - IT IS COPIED DIRECTLY FROM THE LTSA WEBSITE and is therefore as official as you can get.

[speedpro]

So the guy gives you two warnings and on the third time he gives you a ticket and that makes him a tosser? Some might say it makes you a slow learner.

Some.

It was over a period of years, I commuted most days, the traffic was shit, I was on a little bike. EVERY other cop I spoke to including a couple on bikes said they wouldn't bother.

He's a tosser!

[chainsaw]

there is only careless and dangerous in this country

careless = not the actions of a careful and prudent driver

dangerous = with reckless disregard for public safety which means there must be volition in the act of recklessness more than mere inadvertence or mistake.

careless = whoops, dumbarse, wheelies

reckless = leather clad, lizard brained f*ckwit (usually from wanganui and on the way to, or back from the cold kiwi)

[RevHead]

When I see bikes lane splitting at 80K's I think to say myself 'as soon as I start pulling sh*t like that, I'm selling the bike'. Famous last words...
And I agree if a cop flashes at you, best to keep lane splitting and don't look back. They have never come near catching me in rush hour traffic. If they do manage to catch you and give you a ticket, they earned it because the cop probably almost crashed 5 times trying. At the same time I have never gone up against a cop on a bike, has anyone managed to slip one of those rogue units?

[Sanx]

No driver shall drive, either wholly or partly, in any lane that is not available to him(ie - you can't occupy a lane with another vehicle)

Interesting legislation. Surely one could argue that if one is in the lane, it was available.

Anyway. I had a long talk with a motorbike cop at Cyclespot Honda whilst they did some work on his ST1100. He summed up the legality of lane-splitting thus: "Don't be dick and you won't get a ticket". It's not explicitly illegal, no is it explicitly legal. However, there are forty-four different offences that can cover lane-splitting. Keep your right indicator on while you're doing it, and don't go over 40kph.

Immediately after the conversation, we set off down the northwestern motorway in rush-hour traffic. He lane-split, so I followed.

[Gremlin]

At the same time I have never gone up against a cop on a bike, has anyone managed to slip one of those rogue units?

They are wide bikes... it comes down to what you are riding, how tight the traffic is, and whether or not you even knew he was there.

If he gets your plate, its over before it even began...

[Ixion]

Thing with a bikie cop, HE can blat down the emergency shoulder, which is faster than splitting.

[Gremlin]

which is faster than splitting.

is it?

[Swoop]

I was fully impressed with having a escort along the NW this morning!!!
Five of us all sitting behind a Police bike that was leading the filtering train
Have to admit that he was taking it easy and indicating (as we all do!). His panniers were getting close at times, but all good.

[Mully]

I was fully impressed with having a escort along the NW this morning!!!
Five of us all sitting behind a Police bike that was leading the filtering train

I saw this train. It only had 3 bikes following it when I saw it from the cage (just before Gt Nth Rd offramp). One of the best things I have seen for a while.

If I'd had a camera and some more time, my PC would have a new wallpaper image.

[Swoop]

I saw this train. It only had 3 bikes following it when I saw it from the cage (just before Gt Nth Rd offramp). One of the best things I have seen for a while.

If I'd had a camera and some more time, my PC would have a new wallpaper image.

I had pulled into 1a just before Gt Nth. On the red bike...

It was fun while it lasted!