You guys are awesome! Somebody tries to defend your rights and your knee-jerk reaction is to kick them in the balls! Bravo!
Remember: lane sharing is currently
not explicitly legal in California. It also isn't explicitly illegal.
Remember: the DMV and CHP recently
dropped their lane-sharing guidelines under legislative pressure.
What do you think the next step in this progression is? You're doing something that isn't explicitly legal and the state government always needs more money...
How long before CHP starts ticketing everybody in the state who shares lanes regardless of the manner in which they do it? If you receive one of those tickets, how are you going to fight it? Please, feel free to cite specific sections of the current CVC that show lane sharing by motorcycles is legally allowed.
I haven't read the text of the bill but from the discussion here it sounds like it would enshrine into law the ability of motorcyclists to share lanes and the prior CHP guidelines for when it is permissible. That would presumably give the CHP (and other LEOs) much
less opportunity to ticket those who share lanes. Personally, I would
love to see lane sharing become
explicitly legal rather than continuing to exist in the current legal gray area...