Filtering, legal - not legal?

[Waxxa]

Legal...but there are certain 'rules' to follow.

[p.dath]

I think we have to agree that riding in the grey area of the law is more satisfying than riding in such a way so that you can avoid all the grey areas.

And from a legal perspective, I hope we never have so many laws and regulations that there is no more grey left. By that point all the fun in life will have been sucked out, and riding will be an exercise in compliance.

[neilwgtn]

It has to be illegal cause its fun!!

yesterday was a good one - trains broke in wellington again so there was lots of traffic leaving town at 4:30.
I was filtering between lanes 1-2 and another bike was filtering between lanes 2-3

Im sure i beat him!!
traffic was at a stand still.....

though you have to be an idiot to do it when traffic is moving freely and cars can cross lanes.. fine when the traffic is stopped and nobody can swap lanes..

[marioc]

On my peak commute home in Welly I shoot right down the shoulder on the far left.
This is illegal yes?,to me it seems safer as there is a crapload of room .

[klingon]

On my peak commute home in Welly I shoot right down the shoulder on the far left.
This is illegal yes?,to me it seems safer as there is a crapload of room .

Safer, yes. Legal, no.
This is not a grey area - it's a definite blue.
Riding on the "emergency stopping shoulder" is not allowed.

(I didn't say you shouldn't do it though...)

[klingon]

I'm afraid I have become a bit naughty in my recent attempts to test police policy. Whenever I see a police car during my commute I attempt to filter/split past it just to see what will happen.

So far I have been very disappointed in the result as the police haven't a) pulled me over or b) addressed me through their loudspeaker or c) done a U-turn in front of me.

Must try harder.

[p.dath]

... c) done a U-turn in front of me.

Must try harder.

You can test how well the paint is baked onto the outside of their car panels.

[scracha]

Why don't these useless fookers in BRONZ campaign to make filtering legal?

[MaxCannon]

My experience during my daily filtering

Red and White patrol cars don't seem to care. Perhaps they don't have quotas to fill.

Bike cops ignore me - twice I've been waved through when I've come up behind them (both times on Fridays before long weekends when traffic was at a standstill)
I have seen them pull over other bikes / scooters. The last one seemed to deserve it as he was riding very quick.

Undercover cars (who do they think they are fooling with those wheels and the lights on the parcel tray) don't look twice.

Yellow and white highway patrol cars take a great deal of interest in what I'm doing.
I've seen one just about cause an accident changing lanes to get a closer look (no lights, no indicator).
I see one on a regular basis who tracks me like a hawk. Tend to stop filtering until he can't see me.

Still - I've never been stopped. So long as you keep your speed reasonable and your riding smooth it seems unlikely you will draw too much attention.