Lane splitting
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randy - no it isnt, anywhere, unless there are signs that specifically state you can use the shoulder (usually congested areas that indicate the shoulder can be used between certain hours to relieve congestion)
if it were legal, they'd just be another lane of traffic because everyone would use them
Rat1 - CHP actually worked to keep lane sharing allowable in california. That pretty much trumps any arguments you have regarding safety
if it were legal, they'd just be another lane of traffic because everyone would use them
Rat1 - CHP actually worked to keep lane sharing allowable in california. That pretty much trumps any arguments you have regarding safety
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From: Northern California
I got run onto the shoulder once by an Escalade that had more right to the lane I was already in. All the crap on the surface rattled in my fenders, and I heard air hissing when I got home.
I bought a new tire the next day. I wouldn't ever ride on the shoulder unless I had to.
But, no, I don't know if riding on the shoulder is actually illegal. But I've seen cars pulled over for it a couple of times while I was, uhm, in stop-and-go traffic.
I wouldn't lane-split. That's even more dangerous than riding one of them death-defying motorcycles that people say are too dangerous.
I bought a new tire the next day. I wouldn't ever ride on the shoulder unless I had to.
But, no, I don't know if riding on the shoulder is actually illegal. But I've seen cars pulled over for it a couple of times while I was, uhm, in stop-and-go traffic.
I wouldn't lane-split. That's even more dangerous than riding one of them death-defying motorcycles that people say are too dangerous.
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Maybe this will help you out RD...
§ 46.2-841. When overtaking vehicle may pass on right.
A. The driver of a vehicle may overtake and pass to the right of another vehicle only:
1. When the overtaken vehicle is making or about to make a left turn, and its driver has given the required signal;
2. On a highway with unobstructed pavement, not occupied by parked vehicles, of sufficient width for two or more lines of moving vehicles in each direction;
3. On a one-way street or on any one-way roadway when the roadway is free from obstructions and of sufficient width for two or more lines of moving vehicles.
B. The driver of a vehicle may overtake and pass another vehicle on the right only under conditions permitting such movement in safety. Except where driving on paved shoulders is permitted by lawfully placed signs, no such movement shall be made by driving on the shoulder of the highway or off the pavement or main traveled portion of the roadway.
(Code 1950, § 46-226; 1952, c. 666; 1958, c. 541, § 46.1-210; 1985, c. 481; 1989, c. 727.)
I believe that turning right on a red light is not allowed on some States. Just because some States Lawmakers are not enlightened, does that make it irresponsible and dangerous?
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From: Ione, CA
California is the only state wher you can lane split??? No kiddin', really? That's crazy. There's plenty of room between lanes to roll under 25 mph. And if it is too narrow, just stop. But what a waste of a motorcycle sitting in bumper-to-bummer traffic without air conditioning or a radio...
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From: Hope Mills NC, bye CA!!
Seems to me that 2 different scenarios are being debated here as one. The split where traffic is stopped and there is plenty of room for a m/c to safely pass between and the split where m/c riders that are in a hurry will just zip around traffic.....big difference.
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From: Billings,Mt.
I guess it boils down to some split,some dont and others cant.