Lane splitting etiquette
 

K some I am running a little late to work today. I am in dead stop traffic so I decide to lane split for a bit. I am just coasting along and I see some guy swerve into the middle in front of me causing me to skid a little bit. At first I thought he was tryin to switch lanes but then I realized he was just being an ass.

What should be done when this happens? I was thinking about kickin the shit out of his door or something.
How do u guys feel about it?

it almost happened to me on the way down the shore this weekend. there's nothin you can do. some people are dicks. just be happy you made it thru without being clipped...

or get a gun. either way
:)

I see people cheating using the shoulder in their cars all the time.. I make no hesitation to block them if its obvious they arent using it to get off at the nearest exit (like as in its a mile away)...

I dont lanesplit, and really am not fond of others doing it either, but I wont cut a bike off for doing it, as I understand there are legit reasons like overheating the bike, or the rider thats got full gear on.... Not to mention the danger...

Few people in cages understand this, and in reality most of the time I see bikers do it "just because we (think we) can"...

man that sux.

how about make sure ur plate is hidden, knock off his sideview mirror, continue on ur way?

how about stop, knock on his window, and ask him - did you just do that to intentionally hit me? is my action somehow delaying you in anyway?

or yell out at him - pluck yew!

or you can carry a crowbar and smash his windshield as you ride by. then stop your bike climb off and proceed to smash every window in his car then drag his punkass out of the drivers seat and kick him till he stops breathing....
lol

...just a thought

Don't lane split.....problem solved.

If ya want to split lanes, move to Cali.

I rarely do it, unless traffic is really going nowhere, and there's enough room to maneuver. If I get cut-off and nothing comes out of it, I just keep on going since I'm not supposed to be lane splitting anyway!

Even then, people are still getting clipped by doors being thrown open and pulling into the middle of the lane with their cars. Cagers don't understand the law even when it is legal.

LOL I like this one

personally I would just drive by the other side of him and wave nicely at him and watch his/her head explode

So you decide to basically cut everyone off and then thought about kicking his door in? And everyone wonders why people hate motorcyclists. I do however hate vigilante drivers.

cutting someone off is not the same as lane splitting. and don't try and tell me you've never thought of dragging some cager out of their car and smashing their skull in.
lane splitting 101

http://motorcyclecruiser.com/streets...nesplit-sm.jpg

i'll honk as i pass you by on your overheated bike with you sweatin your balls off

isnt lane splitting one of the benefits of being on two wheels???

horsepower and poon tang being the other 2

ok so the guy was an as. there are plenty of them out there.. they just do this shit on purpose.. it happens ot me all the time.. i just fine anther way aroudn them and dont even bother... another one of my hoppbie ssi ripping of their watches if they stick their hand out a window... :lol: j/kanyway just find a way aorund and keep going..

There is nothing wrong with lane splitting, has helped me get to work the last 5 years on time. One has to do it with caution expecting idiots but I try to follow Cali rules and all seems fine.

It was great leaving Laguna after the GP to see the bikes lane splitting...nice! Also in Europe had it where when the no speed limit section of the 2 lane road came up the cars would move over slighty and the bikes would take off down the middle on the line and when a bike would come the other way you would just squeeze by...how sweet it was.

lol

Seems like Cali's way of applying "population control"

How about not lane splitting.... Besides the fact it's ilegal in all states except Ca., people are dicks about it in the N.E. and they DON'T expect it like they do in Ca. So when you scare the crap out of them doing it, they retaliate somehow.

I lane split only if traffic is stopped at a light, and only at a slow enough speed to stop should someone open their door or decide to block the space between lanes. Nobody seems to mind, especially because this is in North Philly on Broad st, where stunters do wheelies on the double yellows while I'm simply trying to keep my bike (and me) from overheating.

As far as flipping out, I only have one chance in life to REALLY flip out, after that I'm going to jail for a long time. Might as well save it for a more worthwhile occasion.

uh why has noone given the obviously correct answer.. split faster so they don't have a chance to see you in time!

My squidly self loves lanesplitting.. especially when you get those douchebags on two lane roads that are in the left lane and are exactly pacing a car in the right lane which is doing the speed limit.. as if somehow they suddenly became vigilante law enforcers. fuck them!

make sure you post up on When Asphlat Cowboys Go Down Like Cheap Whores. When one of those vigilanties run you off



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I have lane split a lot of times on the parkway after the union toll which is exit 142. There's usually traffic there n not a lot of places for cops to hide. It has gotten me to a final exam and classes on time numerously. I have seen some people move closer the the middle. At that point i just get back into a lane. I contine to lane split between the other lanes.

I understand that they do get pissed off since they are stuck in traffic. But this is what i think, ur sitting there in ur nice cool car with music. I'm sitting there with 200 degrees under my ass sweating like a pig. If i get into an accident, i'll most likely wind up in the hospital, as far as getting into an accident in a car, most likely just have a few muscle pains. The least u can do is not to blocck me when i lane split.

There is something wrong with splitting lanes.....it's Ilegal.......do you not understand that????

BTW - this is NJ, NOT Cali or Europe.....when you get taken out by a cager or get pulled over by da popo for splittin lanes, I hope you don't cry about it on-line......or cry because your Ins just went thru the roof.

first off
 

I usually dont post my bad behavors but i really dont think its bad. I also keep my bad behavoirs away from crowds and usually im alone (except that time I wheelied on an MSF range with a cast on my hand and the State Chief standing in the distance, but at least the students had their backs to me)

The stretch I do it I have yet to have a problem...now that I said that my next post might be...you know. lol. I do it with commuters and it seems to be fine.

Like I said, when I do it I usually try to stay around 10mph above what the traffic is doing. An example of my justification is say a merge where eveyone os coming together, if there was room for another lane, marked or not cars fill that space, so if my bike fits, so be it.

And because its illegal...i guess you never go over the speed limit, etc.

The risk..I know it and realize if Im lane splitting and down the road if I get taken out while doing nothing illegal, someone will stop and say I was splitting and I will look bad but thats the risk.

When I'm riding to work in Manhattan and there's INSANE traffic leading to the tunnels, I split. I do it as safely and courteously as possible.

I'm doing something illegal, and if someone in a CAR (not cage -- wtf is with that word) gets pissed and tries to do something stupid, guess what -- I deserved it.

"Shut up and deal with your/my actions" is my mentality. Sorry to say, but that's my opinion. You split, you're doing something illegal (while it may be right in your eyes), and someone decided to be a vigiliante bitch and made a stupid move. Be happy you didn't crash and move on.

Oh, and these "vigilantes" on the bike and car side are a bunch of whiney assholes. People who preach "Kick a mirror in" or "the driver should run the biker over" need to have those actions done to themselves. :jerkit:

lane splitting is illegal?

http://accident-law.freeadvice.com/m...elmut-laws.htm

+1, thank god, the voice of reason. Vinny has spoken and so it shall be.

why is it cool in california but not in NJ? - oh i forgot, NJ sux
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Its because we have higher insurance rates lol

In addition I am not one to split while cars are doin like 50 or something only in dead stop pretty much

I can't bring myself to lane split. I'd rather bake in traffic.

you gotta love the people who actually move over and give you room to get by.... god bless them
and their families
...they probably ride thats why

I had some pretty nasty remarks to say but since, I'm new here so I'll save it for when I'm better known. I split lanes and anyone that decides to sit in traffic cooking their ass off in my opinion is f-ing nuts. Get off your soap box and put some miles on your bike.

Jose, all of the people here ride their motorcycles like they should be ridden, many of them ride thousands a season easy, probably more than you ride to and from the local hangouts in "Bwookwyn".

Just because people practice safe riding does not give you the authority to tell people off to a forum you are not even familiar with.

You say you want to save your nasty remarks for when you are better known? Well how about saving them period, because we might not just get a chance to know you with that kind of attitude ;)

Go for it. Just be prepared to receive them in return. ;)

To late :ride:

Hehe...Jose is good peeps, knows a ton about bikes...and definitely speaks his mind...throw up an intro Jose :nod2:

Local hang outs :) wouldn't know of any. But yes I expect to get what I give. I couldn't imagine anyone willing to sit in traffic when there is such a easy way to get through.

Thanks for the support Cakes