05-06-2015, 04:55 AM
(05-06-2015, 04:36 AM)treytexag_imp Wrote:(05-06-2015, 04:26 AM)furious_blue_imp Wrote:(05-06-2015, 04:25 AM)treytexag_imp Wrote: Please don't flame me.
I think lanesplitting - to me - is crazy. I would not do it, I just don't have the nerves and I have too many mouths counting on my income. For you braver types, it's OK.
I will say I'm glad it does not seem to be common here in Texas. When I was out in San Fran and LA last summer with the fam, I was quite shocked when a bike zipped up the "lanesplitting" area in the 3 feet between my car and the car in the lane next to me.
I'm a bit of a Safety Sally working in the Refining and O&G industries my whole life so this notion of "lane splitting" is lost on me. But I guess I'm just a paranoid "old school" fart when it comes to this sort of thing.
Again, this is just me. I know most of you probably are OK with it, but for me - no.
Glad to hear your bike wasn't damaged, and cannot believe the van you hit didn't notice - sounds like that are pretty loud to miss . . . .
No flame, just my personal experience.
I only do it when traffic is at a near standstill and I never pass at more than a fast walking speed.
As soon as I can do more than 20 mph, I'm back in line..
Just like the act of riding a motorcycle, when one imagines all the things that could possibly go wrong.. riding a motorcycle sounds like lunacy (we've heard that a lot, especially from non-riders)..
It's actually not that bad when done with caution and in proper circumstances.
There are those that choose to split traffic that is moving at 50mph+. That's very dangerous and just plain nuts. If/When the CHP sees that, they are sure to issue a ticket for unsafe driving (riding)...
No flame, just my personal experience.
I only do it when traffic is at a near standstill and I never pass at more than a fast walking speed.
As soon as I can do more than 20 mph, I'm back in line..
Just like the act of riding a motorcycle, when one imagines all the things that could possibly go wrong.. riding a motorcycle sounds like lunacy (we've heard that a lot, especially from non-riders)..
It's actually not that bad when done with caution and in proper circumstances.
There are those that choose to split traffic that is moving at 50mph+. That's very dangerous and just plain nuts. If/When the CHP sees that, they are sure to issue a ticket for unsafe driving (riding)...
Furious, the way you describe it doesn't sound too scary, admittedly.
I was doing 55 down the freeway in LA and two guys on bikes flew past us up the "lanesplitting" area. I thought to myself, "well, at that speed it won't matter if their organ donor cards are current, 'cuz there won't be any viable tissue left . . . . "
yeah, that's nuts..
another anecdote :-) :
A co-worker was splitting lanes past an accident scene, but continued to split even after traffic sped up to normal freeway speed.
This time his luck had run out and the driver next to him started to move over..
he went down at freeway speed.
I visited him at home while he was recuperating from having knee reconstruction with implanted ligaments to replace ALL BUT ONE of the originals (yipes, his lower leg was literally 'hanging on by a thread' !).
His wife made him give up motorcycles after that, and realizing his own penchant for aggressive driving, he complied.