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This is a California lane split. click this
Is this how you did it Dwight?
I am just not brave enough.
I have split too Dwight. I think if you get hit its pretty much on the rider though. Unless some felon opens a door on purpose on you. Have not heard too much about that.
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Dwight
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Oh yeah! But, I HOPE you realize that THAT moron was lane-splitting WAY too friggin' fast, and thus THAT moron is the reason lane-splitting sometimes gets a "bad rap".
And I HOPE said moron received the traffic violation that he so richly deserved, WHICH he should AND could receive by any CHP officer who would have shown up at that accident scene.
(...ya see, this video once again just proves that some of our fellow riders ruin it for the rest of us...but what say we don't get into that thing about runnin' open pipes right now, OKAY?!) 
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We were typing at the same time. I added another video called Lane Splitting in LA. Scared me to death. 
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Dwight
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Yeah, I've watched your second link after you edited your last posting.
And yep....there's ya just ANOTHER moron, alright!
Once again, in both cases, accident or not, either one of the above shown morons could AND should receive a ticket for their riding like that, even in CA.
(...and once again, THIS all goes back to my strongly held belief that IF one wishes to live a long and healthy life, then their BEST course of action is "Moderation in All Things"...or in THIS case, the practice of lane-splitting done with moderation!)
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They should just add a bike only lane(s) 
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That second vid speed was doubled, Dwight, I don't know what the actual speed he was riding at but is it 5 MPH faster than traffic that going 35 MPH or slower? 
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Dwight
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That's a wonderful idea alright, Steven...BUT you do realize don't ya that the chances of THAT ever happening are far less than the chances of the Gumbas and Good Ol' Boys back there ever understanding that when a motorcycle lane-splits past 'em that it ISN'T an "insult" to them, or that ISN'T being "discourteous" to others, OR realizing that it IS in fact one measure at our possible disposal which can be used to ALLEVIATE congestion on the road they're stuck on.
(...in other words, "fat chance of ANY of that ever happenin'"!) 
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Yes, you are correct. It will never happen in the NE U.S. Somebody will open a door just for kicks IMHO>
The police have even just about stopped lane splitting. With a siren in the area people instinctively pull right. Not good for a lane splitting motorcycle cop.
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Dwight
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Yes, you are correct. It will never happen in the NE U.S. Somebody will open a door just for kicks IMHO>
The police have even just about stopped lane splitting. With a siren in the area people instinctively pull right. Not good for a lane splitting motorcycle cop.
I don't think it's ever happen ANYWHERE in the Good Ol' U.S. of A where it's NEVER been accepted as standard practice before, Ron. Not the NE, not the SE, not the Midwest, not the "Heartland"...not anywhere.
(...'cause in one of the few countries on this planet where IF you'd flash your high-beams at somebody you're comin' up on in the "Fast Lane", you're more likely TO GET SHOT AT then ya are havin' the person you're comin' up on congenially MOVE THE HELL OVER TO THE RIGHT 'cause he realizes he's movin' too darn slow to BE IN that "Fast Lane", well, lane-splitting AIN'T EVER gonna happen in a country where the FORMER is MUCH more likely to happen than the LATTER!!!!!)
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brindle
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Ok, my opinions, and I do filter through traffic/lane split which is built into the Highway Code
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Picture a motorcycle at 25-35MPH hitting the leading edge of a door. Your arm and leg would pretty much be gone
25-35MPH is WAY too fast when traffic is stationary
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This is a California lane split. click this
The guy seemed to be going too fast for the conditions, but it could have been the camera, but going by the damage (front wheel ripped off) maybe not. Also, he should have been ready for that at the gap, which is why I'd have pulled into it a bit
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Is this how you did it Dwight?
I can't really comment as the clip is shown at twice the actual speed
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