[SDRider]

I would have pulled over and beat the phuck out of that idiot. :angry5:

 

[wawatusi]

That sucks.....


FL has a very nice conceal carry law.

 

[BKK Jack]

...but if the LIE is backed up for 15 miles, you can bet your ass I'm not gonna just sit there...

All that TV watching was good for something.;D Thanks to Seinfeld, I know what the LIE is!

I used to talk to people in LA, who told me they would just love to open a door on a lane-splitting bike. Unbelievable.

 

[CoryUT]

Just so you know, lane splitting IS legal in Texas, as of a few years ago (looks like you're in SA).

Unless there was a repeal that I am unaware of.

 

[LSCYCLING]

People feel a need to police others especially when they feel helpless. Stuck in traffic you are helpless, you can't move you can't do anything but sit and wait. They become very upset when someone is moving and they can't do anything.

I've had a conversation with a coworker about this kind of thing but with bicycles. With a bicycle it's easy to skirt the law and get there faster. He says "yeah but it's illegal" What do you care if it's illegal, is it affecting you in any way? Your just PO'd because he's getting there faster than you. I often wonder how many people write down my license plate because I can get through traffic faster than they can. I also agree that if he's going to be doing that kind of cr*p, it's not worth your life to get to work 2 minutes faster. Note his plate and report him for aggressive driving.

 

[CoryUT]

Or print this out and wave it in his face:

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT
relating to the operation and movement of motorcycles during
periods of traffic congestion.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 545.060, Transportation Code, is amended
by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (e) to read as
follows:
(a) An operator on a roadway divided into two or more
clearly marked lanes for traffic:
(1) shall drive as nearly as practical entirely within
a single lane, except as provided by Subsection (e); and
(2) may not move from the lane unless that movement can
be made safely.
(e) The operator of a motorcycle may operate the motorcycle
for a safe distance between lanes of traffic moving in the same
direction during periods of traffic congestion if the operator:
(1) is at least 21 years old;
(2) has successfully completed a motorcycle operator
training and safety course under Chapter 662;
(3) is covered by a health insurance plan providing
the operator with at least $10,000 in medical benefits for injuries
incurred as a result of an accident while operating a motorcycle;
and
(4) operates the motorcycle:
(A) at a speed not more than five miles per hour
over the speed of the other traffic;
(B) in traffic that is moving at a speed of 20
miles per hour or less; and
(C) in a location other than a school crossing
zone or other than a location where the posted speed limit is 20
miles per hour or less.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.

 

[cantseejack]

That's the sh-t.

 

[DANCOOL123]

NC also has a wonderful carry to conceal law.

I think i would have just shot him.

after all, It always works for Indiana Jones.

 

[cfreger]

Part of the problem is, the general public knows very little about motorcycling, and what they do know, is wrong. They think it's "unfair" if someone gets ahead of them, even if it's on a bike.

People get all upset about motorcyclists riding "aggressively," but the fact is, among the few advantages we have in traffic are quickness and manuverability. It shouldn't pi$$ people off when we use these, but it does.

Personally, I think it's "unfair" that I'm invisible to drivers and can be crushed dead by a car at any moment. Why is it unfair for me to use my few advantages to survive? It's not a race out there; if I'm trying to get ahead of and away from moving traffic, it's to keep myself alive, nothing more.

I also think it's "unfair" that when we're in a traffic jam, the cagers are sitting on rich corinthian leather, basking in the A/C, grooving to their awesome stereos, and sipping from insulated mugs, while I'm out in the elements, sitting on a brick of a seat, atop a heat-spewing, vibrating gasoline engine. Again, why is it unfair for me to use my few advantages to get out of that situation?

 

[BKK Jack]

If just half the people that were sitting there pissing and moaning about our ability to cut through traffic got on bikes themselves, there would be much less congestion.

Problem solved.

 

[beancookie]

Here in CA people actually make room for you. It's nice ;D

 

[LSCYCLING]

Here in CA people actually make room for you. It's nice ;D

meh meh meh blah blah blah make room for you awe shuddup.

 

[Jacob]

That is one law that the rental car companies should tell motorists from out of state. Lane splitters scared the poo outta me the first time I was driving in LA.

 

[Jacob]

I'm tempted to ride on the sidewalk sometimes, when the traffic is backed up a couple feet from my parking lot, or my right turn. I think, "Ya know, I could go through that driveway entrance onto the sidewalk for 20 feet and be where I need to be."

 

[zimmtown]

That is one law that the rental car companies should tell motorists from out of state. Lane splitters scared the poo outta me the first time I was driving in LA.

+1. I landed in LA I got indroduced by many lanes of stopped cars. completly forgot it was legal when i saw one zip right by me almost looking like they would take out my mirror. More guts than I would have!

 

[hsilman]

Here in CA people actually make room for you. It's nice ;D

I've yet to have anyone purposely cut me off while lane splitting here in NY, and I've had quite a few people make room for me.

 

[LSCYCLING]

I don't think people in Seattle would take to kindly to lane splitting. Just from me going on the right hand side to make a right turn it get's people so PO'd that I don't lane split. People here have taken it upon them selves to be judge, jury and executioner.

 

[nyc rugby]

I've yet to have anyone purposely cut me off while lane splitting here in NY, and I've had quite a few people make room for me.

I had someone start to pull over and try to block me this morning while I was splitting stopped traffic from the GW Bridge to the West Side Highway. Our mirrors smacked but I kept going. Once I got off of the highway I saw that the mount for my bar end mirror was busted but the mirror is still hanging there...which is good because it's the only mirror that I've got left. The thing is literally hanging on by a thread and I could just pull it off with a little force, I'll grab a pic after work tonight if I think about it.

This is maybe the 3rd or 4th time that someone has swerved over like this in the 3 years I've been riding in the city. In that same time period I've probably had over 100 cars make space for me.

 

[ShaggyZ]

Or print this out and wave it in his face:

I don't think it ever passed. Where did you copy/paste that from? Looking here I don't see that: http://tlo2.tlc.state.tx.us/statutes/docs/TN/content/htm/tn.007.00.000545.00.htm

And exhibit B: http://motorcyclebloggers.com/2006/01/07/texas-lane-splitting-revisited/

A while back I wrote about the State of Texas passing a law allowing for lane-splitting. It appears that there was a helluva lot of misinformation spread around regarding this. Texas did NOT pass the Bill previous cited into Law. The best I can do to show that this is true in English (as opposed to the legal crap that no one can understand), is to post some test from the Cycle World Forum

The original explanation (heh-referring to the same Bill I cited) in the CW “UPS & DOWNS”:

“UP: To the state of Texas, for recognizing motorcycles as an aid to relieving traffic congestion. A bill passed by the legislature makes legal the practice of lanesplitting, or as it is defined in the bill, “(operation) of the motorcycle for a safe distance between lanes of traffic moving in the same direction during periods of traffic congestion.” Not only does this naturally benefit motorcycle riders, it also benefits overall traffic flow. Hopefully, more states will follow suit.”

The soon to be retraction:

Yes, it will be a DOWN to us! Lane-splitting is NOT legal in Texas. The bill didn’t make it. We have since been in touch with AMA regarding this, and, as David says, will correct it in an upcoming issue. Apologies for the mistake.

Thanks for the heads up from some of those who commented on the original article stating its inaccuracy.

 

[currahee474]

Here in CA people actually make room for you. It's nice ;D

Here in CA, even the CHP + police make room for you.