Lane splitting (sharing) interview

[Ulvetanna_imp]

To me, lane splitting and filtering is anti-social behavior and is equivalent to cutting in at the front of the que. I doubt any of us would cut in front of the que at a grocery store check out line so why do it on the road?

At a line in the grocery store, everyone has the same destination. How can it be "cutting in front" when the motorcyclist is going somewhere else? Also, he or she is only using the pavement under their wheels, not the pavement any automobile or truck is using. It's like shifting at a high RPM, we taxpayers paid for all the pavement so why not use it to get where we are going?

At any rate, in California this practice has been going on for a very long time, many decades. It works here. It's never been against the law. And maybe what it shows is that people tend to tolerate, for the most part, things that help everyone get along better.