Lane splitting (sharing) interview

[Retsel_imp]

Being born and raised in California lane splitting to me is part of the riding experience. Can't imagine not being able to split lanes in heavy traffic on city streets or the freeway. I am 100% in agreement with lane splitting,filtering or whatever people are comfortable calling it.

As long as a rider is confident in their skills at riding in close quarters splitting can be a safe and enjoyable practice. The key is to remember no vehicle is responsible for getting out of your way when splitting. When done correctly the cars or motorcycles for that matter don't need to do anything, it's all up to the rider doing the splitting. Been riding for 35 years and while I can't say I've never been down, none of my pavement surfing was related to lane splitting.

Agree with LF. What I always do is watch the front tire of every car I am passing. They can't get to me without turning the wheel my way. That said, you have to be going slow enough to watch the wheels. 45mph is my limit. If traffic is faster than that I don't need to split anyway. I've seen some bad results and have to say they have have always been caused by a biker either not paying attention or just going way to fast for the situation. I always assume the car drivers do not see me and it is on me to stay out of their way. I do have much more to loose than the car driver.

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