Los Angeles Drivers, Boo

[tommymck]

My reaction was the same as KE's. Yeah, I know that there are arguments for and against... and I'm not aware of any data that say's that it's more dangerous than if you avoid lane splitting.... It just isn't comfortable for me. I just expect that pretty much every car is going to want to change lanes in stop and go traffic and I can't wrap my head around it. For MMC, I get to LA once a month or so, and keep an SR400 there. Talk about the perfect lane splitter. I've tried it many times, just because I know that in CA, it's what you're "supposed to do". Always looks and feels crazy to me though and I think better of it. It's probably just a result of the fact that I exclusively rode in states that don't allow it since I was 16, and starting out lane splitting my 50's, the sight picture just doesn't work for me.

Ironically, the part of the video that had the car cut across to hit the exit didn't give me the heebegeebies at all (though the driver of course was a jerk...) I'm used to, and expect, that behavior every day that I ride.