MisterX
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Actually, it was something of a forced lane split.
While going down the interstate near where I work, got a nice open patch of road and opened up the throttle. Being that the speed limit is 70, I wasn't going quite twice as fast. Keeping my eyes open to other cars up ahead, I do see a few, and even one abandoned on the side of the road. Nothing to worry about. Except what I didn't fully realize is that the abandoned car wasn't quite abandoned. And it was now moving. And merging into traffic. In front of me. I hit my brakes. Hard. However, at the speed I was going, there was no way that I was going to be able to slow down in time. I couldn't merge right since there was a bridge coming up and there were the standard barriers. I couldn't keep going straight because I would plow into this a$$hat. My only other choice was go merge left. Into the traffic that I'd caught up to. So my only choice was to go between the cars.
All in all, it went rather well and was over before I really knew it. Still, scared the crap out of me though. Unless you're in a state that allows lane splitting (California), you fully don't realize how much room a bike really has to squeeze between two cars. At least I didn't.
Now... just got to go and clean my pants and the sides of my bike where I sh!t everywhere.
While going down the interstate near where I work, got a nice open patch of road and opened up the throttle. Being that the speed limit is 70, I wasn't going quite twice as fast. Keeping my eyes open to other cars up ahead, I do see a few, and even one abandoned on the side of the road. Nothing to worry about. Except what I didn't fully realize is that the abandoned car wasn't quite abandoned. And it was now moving. And merging into traffic. In front of me. I hit my brakes. Hard. However, at the speed I was going, there was no way that I was going to be able to slow down in time. I couldn't merge right since there was a bridge coming up and there were the standard barriers. I couldn't keep going straight because I would plow into this a$$hat. My only other choice was go merge left. Into the traffic that I'd caught up to. So my only choice was to go between the cars.
All in all, it went rather well and was over before I really knew it. Still, scared the crap out of me though. Unless you're in a state that allows lane splitting (California), you fully don't realize how much room a bike really has to squeeze between two cars. At least I didn't.
Now... just got to go and clean my pants and the sides of my bike where I sh!t everywhere.