Lane splitting/filtering: the legal and commonsense answers

**st00ji** · 21st May 2013, 17:46

Originally Posted by iYRe

dunno what motorway you're riding on, but in the last 20 years they have added extra lanes to most of them without actually increasing the width of the road.. either that or cars have gotten bigger..

hence my post / referring to motorways as carparks. cars have gotten bigger too, no question

**Captain_Salty** · 22nd May 2013, 18:10

Enjoy the opinions of our fellow road users http://www.trademe.co.nz/Community/M...265363&topic=5

**steve_t** · 22nd May 2013, 18:40

Originally Posted by Captain_Salty

Enjoy the opinions of our fellow road users http://www.trademe.co.nz/Community/M...265363&topic=5

LOL. Sultana0 sounds like a retard

**bosslady** · 22nd May 2013, 18:43

Thanks for the troll.

**Subike** · 22nd May 2013, 18:44

What I read in that was the ignorance of the majority to the road code, even the basics.
And these people drive the roads every day?
No wonder our roads are so dangerous to ride.

**Tigadee** · 22nd May 2013, 18:45

Wow, their opinionated ignorance is mind boggling!

**bosslady** · 22nd May 2013, 18:51

guess which post is mine?! and I don't even split haha. Tigadee maybe you can help me one day???

**Subike** · 22nd May 2013, 18:55

Originally Posted by bosslady

guess which post is mine?! and I don't even split haha. Tigadee maybe you can help me one day???

oh oh oh I know, !!!!

**Tigadee** · 22nd May 2013, 19:03

Originally Posted by bosslady

guess which post is mine?! and I don't even split haha. Tigadee maybe you can help me one day???

Sorry, I can't do the split - not since my Bolshoi Ballet Company days...

If you're talking about lane splitting, maybe one day you can spot a motorcycle rider (who looks like he knows what he's doing) lane-splitting safely and not too fast, and follow him.

It should be easier following someone competent/safe and well, he can spot any dangers before you can and all you need to do is concentrate on the lane-splitting/following and less on the traffic? Then when you get the hang of it, you can do it on your own.

**bosslady** · 22nd May 2013, 19:16

Originally Posted by Tigadee

Sorry, I can't do the split - not since my Bolshoi Ballet Company days...

If you're talking about lane splitting, maybe one day you can spot a motorcycle rider (who looks like he knows what he's doing) lane-splitting safely and not too fast, and follow him.

It should be easier following someone competent/safe and well, he can spot any dangers before you can and all you need to do is concentrate on the lane-splitting/following and less on the traffic? Then when you get the hang of it, you can do it on your own.

I've tried that they go too fast for me

**bluninja** · 22nd May 2013, 19:21

Originally Posted by bosslady

I've tried that they go too fast for me

I tried following lane splitters on the way up to London, but I couldn't keep up at 130 kmh!! Now I rarely lane split as the car mirrors in NZ seem to be bigger and able to hit you as you lane split.

**Tigadee** · 22nd May 2013, 19:31

Originally Posted by bosslady

I've tried that they go too fast for me

Oh...

OK no worries, let's do more of that car park exercise simulating lane-splitting then.

Originally Posted by bluninja

I tried following lane splitters on the way up to London, but I couldn't keep up at 130 kmh!!

130kph?!

Originally Posted by bluninja

Now I rarely lane split as the car mirrors in NZ seem to be bigger and able to hit you as you lane split.

Yeah, and the mirrors here shoot lasers and are barb-wired too...

**bluninja** · 22nd May 2013, 19:48

Originally Posted by Tigadee

Oh...

130kph?!

Yeah, and the mirrors here shoot lasers and are barb-wired too...

My regular 105 km commute was up the M3 to Lndon. The cars would be doing 100-115 (it was bit congested), the bikes splitting at 10-15 kmh more. In 3 years I saw only 2 bikes down....1 splitting at low speed that cut in front of car and clipped his back wheel on the bumper (low speed). One that split between the outside lane and the median barrier that panic braked and stoppied before falling over the top ( under 50 kmh).