Riding between cars. Do YOU do it? - Page 2 - Honda Shadow Forums : Shadow Motorcycle Forum

roscoenr · 12-08-2012, 09:12 PM

All I can see is the car in front of me opening their door OUCH!

dorfman17 · 12-08-2012, 09:53 PM

I have done it at toll Booths when none is really moving but never in moving traffic. Its not legal here so i rarely do it.

CrazyDave · 12-08-2012, 09:53 PM

only when I can't jump over them

GadgetBandit · 12-08-2012, 09:54 PM

I was in San Diego recently and noticed the lane splitting, . . . that's nuts. Wonder what it does to insurance?

GadgetBandit

Kahla · 12-08-2012, 10:01 PM

Only at lights, slowly, in situations where there's plenty of room and no space for lane changers.

I'd rather be at the front and first off the line than in the middle of a pack of impatient cars. I suppose someone could open their door, but when I'm slowly creeping towards the front it wouldn't do much damage. Better than being blocked in on all sides when a distracted driver decides they need to turn and tries to cut across 2 lanes when the light changes.

(edited to mention: I'm in Hollywood, so it's legal, and you'll spend most of the day moving 10 feet at a time)

lazyboy · 12-08-2012, 10:12 PM

Nope! Never have!

ejsaenz · 12-08-2012, 10:19 PM

I have done it in slow traffic, maybe 10 mph or so. I only go about 5 mph faster. Once, I was stuck in 3 mph traffic but was unable to do it due to the lanes being too narrow. Construction forced the narrow lanes. Once lanes opened up, I lane split until traffic was moving at 30+ mph then I just blended in and resumed the 70mph traffic. This was at the 15/215 interchange in Devore, there was some rodeo happening at Glenn Helen and drivers just HAD to watch from the moving freeway.

Menhir · 12-08-2012, 10:58 PM

No, and wouldn't if I could.

It violates Menhir's Riding Safety Code 45.6. And I quote...(ahem)...

Position my motorcycle where people expect to see a car because, if the blind, distracted SOB's are paying any attention at all, I want to be where they're looking.

PDM · 12-08-2012, 11:50 PM

In another life, when I was younger, I'd do it on my CBR1000RR. It didn't matter to me where, when or how fast the other traffic was going. If they were going slower than me, I would split them.

Now, with the 9, I've only done it once. I was coming into Chico on HWY99 and it was grid-locked, everybody was stopped. So, I slipped through the middle at about 10-15MPH until things started moving again.

DarkAero · 12-09-2012, 12:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CrazyDave

only when I can't jump over them

Now that's a great answer! +1

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12-08-2012, 09:12 PM	#11 (permalink)
roscoenr Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Enid, Ok Posts: 438	All I can see is the car in front of me opening their door OUCH! __________________ 84 VT500 86 VT700

12-08-2012, 09:53 PM	#12 (permalink)
dorfman17 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Kings Park N.Y. Posts: 597	I have done it at toll Booths when none is really moving but never in moving traffic. Its not legal here so i rarely do it. __________________ 2001 spirit 1100 , vance and hines long shots, , a few other small mods. Now also with a mustang seat

12-08-2012, 10:19 PM	#17 (permalink)
ejsaenz Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Apple Valley, CA Posts: 527	I have done it in slow traffic, maybe 10 mph or so. I only go about 5 mph faster. Once, I was stuck in 3 mph traffic but was unable to do it due to the lanes being too narrow. Construction forced the narrow lanes. Once lanes opened up, I lane split until traffic was moving at 30+ mph then I just blended in and resumed the 70mph traffic. This was at the 15/215 interchange in Devore, there was some rodeo happening at Glenn Helen and drivers just HAD to watch from the moving freeway. __________________ 10/2012

12-08-2012, 10:58 PM	#18 (permalink)
Menhir Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Pittsburgh Posts: 640	No, and wouldn't if I could. It violates Menhir's Riding Safety Code 45.6. And I quote...(ahem)... Position my motorcycle where people expect to see a car because, if the blind, distracted SOB's are paying any attention at all, I want to be where they're looking. __________________ 2005 Shadow VLX 600

12-08-2012, 11:50 PM	#19 (permalink)
PDM Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Willows, CA Posts: 82	In another life, when I was younger, I'd do it on my CBR1000RR. It didn't matter to me where, when or how fast the other traffic was going. If they were going slower than me, I would split them. Now, with the 9, I've only done it once. I was coming into Chico on HWY99 and it was grid-locked, everybody was stopped. So, I slipped through the middle at about 10-15MPH until things started moving again. __________________ Pete -2011 Suzuki M109R LE -2012 Yolo County Choppers custom built Harley

12-08-2012, 09:54 PM	#14 (permalink)
GadgetBandit Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: North Texas Posts: 126	I was in San Diego recently and noticed the lane splitting, . . . that's nuts. Wonder what it does to insurance? GadgetBandit

12-08-2012, 10:01 PM	#15 (permalink)
Kahla Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2012 Posts: 18	Only at lights, slowly, in situations where there's plenty of room and no space for lane changers. I'd rather be at the front and first off the line than in the middle of a pack of impatient cars. I suppose someone could open their door, but when I'm slowly creeping towards the front it wouldn't do much damage. Better than being blocked in on all sides when a distracted driver decides they need to turn and tries to cut across 2 lanes when the light changes. (edited to mention: I'm in Hollywood, so it's legal, and you'll spend most of the day moving 10 feet at a time)

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