ridersblock
Disabled Veteran
What is the law on this...
...on freeways?
...getting to the front of the line at a stop light?
:confused
...on freeways?
...getting to the front of the line at a stop light?
:confused
svclee said:in california were allowed to lane split as long as its safe..though i think you cant lane split something like 15mph faster then traffic is going..going to the front of a stop light is allowed.
To the chp, Do you guys mind when we follow you while you are lane splitting?motorman4life said:The arbitrary speed numbers given up above are not correct. There is no stated speed in CA law. It is up to the officer's judgment as to whether they feel what you are doing is unsafe or reckless.
The advantage is that most cops in cruisers, while often quick to judge motorcycles harshly (particularly if they have no experience on 2 wheels), realize they usually cannot get through the heavy traffic to catch up to you.
Meanwhile, most cops on motorcycles lane split on a regular basis and unless you are REALLY RECKLESS or out of control, they will cut you quite a bit of slack and are much less likely to see your skillful, controlled, maneuvers as being unsafe, but are more likely to give you a thumbs up or a waive!
BigCorySBFMC707 said:To the chp, Do you guys mind when we follow you while you are lane splitting?
motorman4life said:The arbitrary speed numbers given up above are not correct. There is no stated speed in CA law. It is up to the officer's judgment as to whether they feel what you are doing is unsafe or reckless.
The advantage is that most cops in cruisers, while often quick to judge motorcycles harshly (particularly if they have no experience on 2 wheels), realize they usually cannot get through the heavy traffic to catch up to you.
Meanwhile, most cops on motorcycles lane split on a regular basis and unless you are REALLY RECKLESS or out of control, they will cut you quite a bit of slack and are much less likely to see your skillful, controlled, maneuvers as being unsafe, but are more likely to give you a thumbs up or a waive!
VTRweasel said:I do it but I heard a bunch of guys got popped on hwy 1 coming back from Laguna last year
Or the out-of-state low-boy drivers in the #2 lane on 580 between Pleasanton and Livermore...yellow Ferarri in the #1 was not happy!soundwave8836 said:and watch out for out state drivers dumb ass's think they can play cop and block you off from passing them while lane spliting i had 4 cars with out state plates try to block me in almost causing an accident dumb a$$ didnt even know its legal here but back where there from its not legal
tuxumino said:A lot of Cali drivers don't know it's legal either or at least think it shouldn't be legal and don't mind letting you know with their car.
Is it legal to lane share on a one way single lane road, like the fly over from 80 west to the bay bridge.