pookamatic
Junior Member
Having said this I would not want to lane split in a place where it is not accepted, as frustrated drivers can be very dangerous.
I've done it when it had to be done (total stand-still traffic) and the drivers were getting ridiculously angry at me.. like I was stealing from them!! Constant honking from some and some would intentionally cut into white line (even though they had nowhere to go from there).
I would love for lane splitting to be legal here (and everywhere, for that matter), but it will only be *safer* than standing in traffic if cagers know that it is legal and don't go out of their way to try to kill you.
I'll never forget my first split. Accident on a divided two lane each way road. Over a mile of cages idling. I just went real slow and it felt great. I continued until I got near the front and by then, one lane was getting through.
From there, I started splitting to avoid heavy traffic. My limit was 15 mph against stopped traffic. I started to get a lot of crap... mostly horns, many squeezes, a couple of yells, and one outright attempt on my life when some pr!ck aggressively cut into me (thankfully, he missed). Morning commute, people don't care enough to do anything. Afternoon? Seems like every 10th car is PISSED that you're getting home 4 minutes faster than them.
When I got in my fender bender, I sort of unofficially hung up my spitting shoes. I'm not afraid to split, and have done it a few times since, but I keep thinking back to that person who cut into me and missed while splitting.
I can't possibly imagine getting into an accident with a good probability of being mangled where it was the other a-hole's intention to cause said accident **AND** have it be "my" fault.