Actually Gypsy I'm very much in agreement with you on just about everything you mention. My thoughts on lane splitting were just my thoughts and reasons why I wouldn't even if it is legal. I've been in the military too and always follow the rules. I''m just old enough to have seen a lot of human nature. Add to that all the memories of all the really stupid things I've done myself and the wisdom of old age to remind me of how they turned out.
totally understood beezer. living in new mexico where, as with all states except cal lane splitting is not legal... i do not lane split. in cal last nov i was reminded as to why it is allowed in cal as i rode through san bernadino in rush hour traffic. bike would have overheated and i could well have been rear ended. the older we get the slower and more cautiously we go
Ok... so should we pencil in lane splitting into Natural Law? How about "Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Lane Splitting"? :mrgreen:
I just fail to see how abiding by the current traffic laws is 'restricting' anyone's freedoms. Is forcing me to drive/ride on the rightside of the road restricting my freedoms?
If they make lane splitting legal, fine I for one won't do it, IMO riding a motorcycle in traffic is already dangerous enough without me adding to it. But that's just me.
hi firehawk, on to the dialectic, hopefully void of any vitriol. the salient point in my post was actually concerned with others making arbitrary choices to protect me from myself, it was not about current traffic laws, nor was it about riding into oncoming traffic in the left side of a two way US roadway.
your opinion on lane splitting does however fly into the face of facts... less rear ending, basically. in city traffic getting to the front of traffic, especially at stops, keeps the cyclist out of the thick of traffic where blind lane changes and other things can and do cause injury and death to bikers. also in extremely backed up traffic on hot days it is very hard on motorcycles many of which are air cooled. so don't do it if its made allowable, surely it is your right to choose.
as to your statement about pencilling in lane splitting into natural law and the life, liberty and lane splitting comment... well, even though i don't know you i am going to give you the benefit of any doubt and take those statements as a friendly poke, done in good fun. cheers
and just a thought of mine along the way-
freedom
Copyright 2013
until realized
and taken
utilized
exploited
freedom is just another word
until squelched
repressed
and denied
freedom is just another word
until savored
like wine
like lust
like love lost
freedom is just another word
freedom realized
is fragile
tentative
a vapor
and freedom may
once again
become
just another word