Tailgate
Senior Member
OMG, a lane splitter "extremely frustrates" a cager! Today, November 9, 2010, the letter below appeared in the "Letters to the Editor" page of the Sacramento newspaper:
"Motorcycles rev up this writer
I am extremely frustrated. It seems that I am regularly bombarded with signs telling me to "Start Seeing Motorcycles" meaning I assume that I should be aware of motorcyclists and their safety. Well, I'm tired of driving down the road, in the proper lane, observing proper driving habits when all of a sudden some guy on a motorcycle roars past me – speeding – not in my lane or in the lane next to me – but in between both lanes.
It's very unnerving to all of a sudden out of nowhere have this loud, noisy vehicle fly by me with no regard for the safety of the cars or their passengers. The other day I actually observed one honk his horn at a car in front of me because the car was too close to the other lane and he couldn't get by!
So instead of slapping signs all over the place telling me to start seeing motorcycles, the DMV needs to start cracking down on the unlawful, inconsiderate motorcyclists."
– Carolyn Knight, Rancho Cordova
Read more: Letters to the Editor - Sacramento Opinion - Sacramento Editorial | Sacramento Bee
"Motorcycles rev up this writer
I am extremely frustrated. It seems that I am regularly bombarded with signs telling me to "Start Seeing Motorcycles" meaning I assume that I should be aware of motorcyclists and their safety. Well, I'm tired of driving down the road, in the proper lane, observing proper driving habits when all of a sudden some guy on a motorcycle roars past me – speeding – not in my lane or in the lane next to me – but in between both lanes.
It's very unnerving to all of a sudden out of nowhere have this loud, noisy vehicle fly by me with no regard for the safety of the cars or their passengers. The other day I actually observed one honk his horn at a car in front of me because the car was too close to the other lane and he couldn't get by!
So instead of slapping signs all over the place telling me to start seeing motorcycles, the DMV needs to start cracking down on the unlawful, inconsiderate motorcyclists."
– Carolyn Knight, Rancho Cordova
Read more: Letters to the Editor - Sacramento Opinion - Sacramento Editorial | Sacramento Bee