07-06-2016, 09:36 PM
Great explanation of how it works in Australia, Pterodactyl. I agree with the 30 kph limit even if I often see it observed in the breach. It provides a useful definition (albeit arbitrary) of when filtering is no longer acceptable. The theory is that, if the traffic is moving at that pace there is no need for anyone to travel more quickly. By all means argue about the speed, but it goes a significant way to resolving the liability question posed by EmptySea.
I'm a fan of the law, even if I don't often use it. On the freeway where using the shoulder is allowed, it's fantastic when traffic is at a virtual standstill; in the city where, in the normal course of events, cars move from side to side in their lanes, even at low speed I am less comfortable. At traffic lights, or at other times when the traffic is at a standstill and I can ride between cars, I'm grateful for the opportunity.
Sensible law makers (or is that an oxymoron) everywhere will, as part of a range of strategies to remove as many cars as possible from increasingly congested roads, find ways to encourage more and more people on to small, manoeuvrable scooters and bikes. Giving them a legal advantage in traffic seems a good first step.
As someone said earlier, law makers are unlikely to make filtering compulsory. That suits me fine.
I'm a fan of the law, even if I don't often use it. On the freeway where using the shoulder is allowed, it's fantastic when traffic is at a virtual standstill; in the city where, in the normal course of events, cars move from side to side in their lanes, even at low speed I am less comfortable. At traffic lights, or at other times when the traffic is at a standstill and I can ride between cars, I'm grateful for the opportunity.
Sensible law makers (or is that an oxymoron) everywhere will, as part of a range of strategies to remove as many cars as possible from increasingly congested roads, find ways to encourage more and more people on to small, manoeuvrable scooters and bikes. Giving them a legal advantage in traffic seems a good first step.
As someone said earlier, law makers are unlikely to make filtering compulsory. That suits me fine.