M4jorP4nye t1_j5x801z wrote on January 26, 2023 at 4:29 AM

Someone went flying up 16 today between my trailer, and the van next to me, we were doing 60. The van swerved away and almost over corrected into me because he came up so fast (and still revving) and almost pinched the guy between us. If the guy in front of the van had changed lanes we would be sitting there waiting for the emt to scrape him off the road still. Lane splitting is dangerous, motorcyclists already get HOV use, and there is no economical way to make sure everyone that’s lane splitting knows how.

I know people who drove under the influence for 10+ years and never wrecked, doesn’t mean we should make it legal, or ok that they were doing it.

Edit… autocorrected words -_-

SquidTips OP t1_j5x9jpm wrote on January 26, 2023 at 4:42 AM

I mean, speed limits don't stop everyone from speeding, so I'm guessing the riders you don't like aren't prevented from splitting now, so you're really just punishing the most diligent and law abiding right now.

M4jorP4nye t1_j5x9zv0 wrote on January 26, 2023 at 4:47 AM

Lane splitting is automatically going to make the motorcyclists go faster than cars, plus idiots in cars already trying to weave in and out with no signals. I just don’t see this going well.

SquidTips OP t1_j5xbh9i wrote on January 26, 2023 at 5:00 AM

Hopefully we make more motorcycle riders like in Europe, and that reduces congestion for all!