Filtering, legal - not legal?

[CookMySock]

I prefer the cagers to not realise I am there until I have already gone past, if they could just ignore me and carry on as they are I can get by without a problem.

You wanna be pretty careful doing that, but I think you will get clobbered one day.

when i had my 250 hardly anyone would move over. Followed gf's old man on his harley and it was like mosses parting the sea. They couldnt move fast enough. Have to say since i got a bigger and louder bike they do seem to move more often. apart from the odd a$$hole that moves over delibratley im sure

Oh yeah. I couldn't believe it when I first saw it - just squeeze the loud handle and woah big gaps appear!

Steve

[stify]

You be pretty Oh yeah. I just squeeze the loud handle and woah big gaps appear
Steve

dude.......

[wbks]

bahahahahahahaha

[mattian]

The roadcode also says you may pass a car on the left provided he is turning right.

Steve

Or, you can pass stationary traffic on the left?? is that correct?? I do that frequently if there is not enough room to split on the right. I'm always careful to merge back into the queue once it starts moving again. I think thats acceptable

[jetboy]

And don't get me started on bus drivers.

I reckon. I had one aim at me from the other side of the road today...he was passing a car that was reverse-parallel parking and didn't see me.

[Babelfish]

ditto - but some bikes don't have hazards...

You would quickly alternate left to right on your indicators so that it kind of looks like hazards...

Given that so far only one person has mentioned they've been nailed by the fuzz while filtering, I reackon its more the nutjobs in the cars you need to watch for...or the other nutjobs on bikes not giving a fuck about differential and barrelling across 3 lanes right in front of you.

I have been told off by a complete fuckwit cop who'd gone all limp wristed about filtering (he was on his way to a car vs filtering bike about 2 km ahead). Got on his loud speaker and did his best DJ bit "this is radio donut, comin in yer ears! You watch your ridin or I'll be pulling you over and showin you how important I am....and in weather..."

I alway watch my differential, although twice fell off the couch so lost sight of it. :

[p.dath]

The roadcode plainly says you can pass on the right and share the lane provided there is room and that it is safe. You must do a normal passing manoevre - just using less space than a car. The roadcode also says you may pass a car on the left provided he is turning right.

Steve

It also says something about needing to have 100m of visibility throughout the entire overtaking manoeuvre. If you driving down the motorway you can sometimes lane splits for many km's before merging back in. There is no way you could meet the visibility requirements.

[mossy1200]

You would quickly alternate left to right on your indicators so that it kind of looks like hazards...

Given that so far only one person has mentioned they've been nailed by the fuzz while filtering, I reackon its more the nutjobs in the cars you need to watch for...or the other nutjobs on bikes not giving a fuck about differential and barrelling across 3 lanes right in front of you.

I have been told off by a complete fuckwit cop who'd gone all limp wristed about filtering (he was on his way to a car vs filtering bike about 2 km ahead). Got on his loud speaker and did his best DJ bit "this is radio donut, comin in yer ears! You watch your ridin or I'll be pulling you over and showin you how important I am....and in weather..."

I alway watch my differential, although twice fell off the couch so lost sight of it. :

Pull on the choke and use double hand signals.

[Babelfish]

Pull on the choke and use double hand signals.

...I do prefer both hands during a choke pulling exercise

[Indiana_Jones]

Everything's legal till you get caught bro.

-Indy

[wysper]

Can we have another waving thread now, please?

Allright... is it ok to wave to lane splitters? and what if they don't wave back?

It also says something about needing to have 100m of visibility throughout the entire overtaking manoeuvre. If you driving down the motorway you can sometimes lane splits for many km's before merging back in. There is no way you could meet the visibility requirements.

I reckon you could see 100mtrs down the road while you are splitting, sure it may be packed with vehicles.....

[p.dath]

Allright... is it ok to wave to lane splitters? and what if they don't wave back?





I reckon you could see 100mtrs down the road while you are splitting, sure it may be packed with vehicles.....

But you have to have the visibility throughout the entire overtaking procedure, which includes pulling back into the lane.

But hey, I say we just keep on doing it.

[Insanity_rules]

You wanna be pretty careful doing that, but I think you will get clobbered one day.

Oh yeah. I couldn't believe it when I first saw it - just squeeze the loud handle and woah big gaps appear!

Steve

Ditto there, my first ride to work on this particular ducati was spectacular. Mind you I have loud competitions with my mates harley.

[wysper]

But you have to have the visibility throughout the entire overtaking procedure, which includes pulling back into the lane.

But hey, I say we just keep on doing it.

I also think there is something about clear road too.....

[MarkH]

But you have to have the visibility throughout the entire overtaking procedure, which includes pulling back into the lane.

But hey, I say we just keep on doing it.

Well, I don't intend to stop doing it - buggered if I ride instead of drive and sit in traffic anyway.