You could argue this until the cows came home but the fact of the matter is that powered four wheelers have a huge blind spot in the very area that lane splitting takes advantage of.
Until riders realise this and act accordingly this sort of accident will continue to happen.
"ride like they don't see you" seems both fitting and ironic here.
And I to my motorcycle parked like the soul of the junkyard. Restored, a bicycle fleshed with power, and tore off. Up Highway 106 continually drunk on the wind in my mouth. Wringing the handlebar for speed, wild to be wreckage forever.
- James Dickey, Cherrylog Road.
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