Rumour of lane-splitting crackdown

[jafar]

There my son you are WRONG --
All you need to do is ride in what they concider is a dangerous manner or if you are seen to be riding to the left of a car within the same lane then then can book ya
I will put money some idiot or idiots have been zig zagggin all over the motorway or splitting lanes at very high speed

there my dad you are right , but the CHARGE isn't for lane splitting it would be for
careless / dangerous or overtaking on the inside (undertaking).
lanesplitting isn't a charge.

Hi speed weaving through traffic & other dumb shit is covered by careless.

[rainman]

Thanks for all the responses, certainly don't want to start another thread about splitting when there is a huge amount of useful info on it here already... I understand the legal "ambiguity", but personally think a case could be brought if the copper was keen (or the lane-splitter was being a careless/dangerous tosser of course), which would be a PITA - defend or pay up. Wondered if there was any hard evidence of more police interest, though.

I'm already the absolute model of civility, safety and common sense while lane-splitting (OK..... apart from one incident involving a rear bumper ), otherwise I'd be extra-cautious for a while if there was a blitz on

[The Pastor]

the noob who got pulled was no other than our one and only

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forgot his last name!!

[hospitalfood]

cops dont want us to wait in line, I have had cop cars move to the left so I can pass, but they want us to be safe and responsible. which is just not really in our blood, try as we might.

[The Pastor]

cops dont want us to wait in line, I have had cop cars move to the left so I can pass, but they want us to be safe and responsible. which is just not really in our blood, try as we might.

where the hell do you live mate? try living on earth.

[Pancakes]

cops dont want us to wait in line, I have had cop cars move to the left so I can pass, but they want us to be safe and responsible. which is just not really in our blood, try as we might.

where the hell do you live mate? try living on earth.

Nup, we like on earth RM where do you live? I've had cops move over for me, bike cops take a "snake" of bikes from halfway down the NW'ern to town then wave them all by. I passed 4 cops in the last 2 days, two on the bike and two in the car and while there is talk of 111K's and your done for etc I was a wee bit over in all cases and they did nothing. Maybe I look like I'm in control when I'm riding/driving and even though they do have quota's etc they are busy too and most cops don't have a shortage of bad-asses to catch up with.

Demonstrate your abilities, you need to help people perceive you as not being a hazard.

[The Pastor]

tell that to EJ, he got pwnt yesterday by the police.

[jrandom]

tell that to EJ, he got pwnt yesterday by the police.

They have the authority
To ticket a minority

EJ's havin' fun cos he's a teenager
With a little bit of gold and a Yamaha!

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[Pancakes]

tell that to EJ, he got pwnt yesterday by the police.

I wasn't there so it's speclation but there are ten's of splitters an hour going that way. What was he doing that made him a target? He said it was wet and the cop saw him nearly get hit twice so pulls him. Turns out EJ is new-ish to the game and not just a hoon so cop decides he needs to learn a lesson but not to have a dangerous or other driving ralated charge on his record cos he came of as a nice guy or really sincere.

I think I've met all the bikes cops in Auckland now and whoever it was I bet the first thought they had was, oh no! I don't wanna have to peel them of the road.


Splitting is lillegal. If your splitting legally your not splitting, your passing.

[jafar]

where the hell do you live mate? try living on earth.

Fark if you live on earth, I want to get off

[jafar]

Splitting is lillegal. If your splitting legally your not splitting, your passing.

WRONG . There is NO law against splitting !
There are laws against careless or dangerous driving & if your acting the idiot that is what you will get done for.

[Usarka]

passing on the left.

[slick]

I was pulled over 'for a chat' on Thursday. On the Northwestern heading towards the Newton Road off-ramp. Traffic was VERY heavy and I had the wife on the back. No mention of a 'clamp-down' just a chat to remind me of the regs... you're not allowed to 'undertake', you need to be to the left of the lane markings so you are 'overtaking' traffic in the same lane. If traffic is stationary you can undertake...blah, blah,blah... sure this has been covered endless times. Only worth mentioning as it's the first time I have been stopped in over 25 years of riding, and 'filtering', so there may be some truth in the rumour just to 'educate' us?!

[Fatjim]

Filtering is a perfect time to work on your wheelies.

[ambler]

you need to be to the left of the lane markings so you are 'overtaking' traffic in the same lane.

Maybe I'm wrong, but it seems to me that this would make you closer to the car on your left, than to the car on your right. Wouldn't it be safer to be right in the middle of the cars so as to be as far as possible from both of them?