The California Office of Traffic Safety has joined the California Highway Patrol in promoting lane splitting safety, posting the lane sharing guidelines released by the CHP on the ots.ca.gov home page. It’s great to see this getting more coverage and…
Lane splitting is currently illegal in the state of Nevada. The Motorcycle Operator Manual (PDF) published by the Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles specifically mentions lane sharing, stating: Lane Sharing Cars and motorcycles need a full lane to operate safely. Lane…
Lane splitting is currently illegal in Oregon. However, there are signs of a move to make lane sharing legal. The Oregon Department of Transportation completed a Motorcycle Lane-sharing Literature Review (PDF) in June of 2010, which looked at things like: Reduction…
I apparently jumped the gun a bit when I joked just yesterday that the LA Times is in danger of becoming a obviously slanted, pro-moto media outlet. Writer Doug Smith has just written another piece, responding to both positive and…
The LA Times, in danger of becoming a obviously slanted, pro-moto media outlet, has posted a video to accompany it’s recent opinion piece on lane splitting. The video, “Open Lanes, Even During Gridlock” features public television-esque dry narrative and some…
The Los Angeles Times has posted two letters sent in response to the Perspective piece “On Two Wheels, It’s All Open Road.” (originally reported here) The letters represent motorists on either side of the lane sharing issue. On the “lane…
People often ask moto commuters, “Why do you commute that way? It’s dangerous!” My own answer always includes something to the tune of, “I’m immune to traffic on my bike.” This LA Times Perspective piece on lane splitting backs this…
Hell For Leather has a nice long informative article on how to Lane Split. The HFL crew’s opinions and writing are sometimes subject to ridicule, but this is a good piece. If you live in California and decide that lane splitting…
California riders have known for a long time that lane splitting is legal in California. Many riders—especially moto commuters—cite lane sharing as one of the big reasons riding is awesome. But many folks have long seen lane splitting as a…
Sure, the CHP have just now come out and said lane splitting is legal and ok, and of course there were mentions of the practice in driver’s handbooks – but there were media mentions and opinion pieces here and there…
