I'm pretty sure you're right that it is a function of no law in CA preventing it. But in practice (at least when I lived there) the cops don't care as long as the bike is air cooled and you're going slow.
On Nov 24, 4:59 pm, Kyle Munz <[email protected]> wrote: > From what I've read it's not so much that it's "Legal" in CA as much as > there's no law "against" it so the highway patrol over there says it's ok. > > -Kyle > -Sent from Houston, TX, United States > > > > On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 2:14 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > It's legal in L.A. I did it a few times when traffic was sitting still on > > the freeway & I was going to be late for work. It was scary! > > > Nov 24, 2009 02:11:18 PM, [email protected] wrote: > > > This is a tough one. Part of me agrees with the idea, specially when I am > > sitting on very slow or complete stopped traffic in the highway, for, lets > > say, 15 miles! It makes me wonder what the hell am I doing on a bike? The > > other part of me tells me it might be a mistake. Coming from a country in > > which almost anything is allowed to motorcyclists, I can see how car drivers > > will never respect your lane and/or space if they know you can just go ahead > > and pass through the cars in two lanes. I am not saying that it is the same > > situation, but I can feel much safer driving in the U.S. just because of > > that. Perhaps if it is done as mentioned, with very specific rules that > > only allow it in very specific situations, it ain't that bad. I wonder > > whether makes more sense let bikers to go on the shoulder when traffic is > > stop on the highways or interstates instead between lanes. > > > Javier. > > > On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 2:28 PM, Kyle Munz <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> I hope this doesn't get as heated as a favorite oil thread, but what does > >> everyone think about Lane Splitting? There's actually a state bill in TX > >> slowly making its way through Austin to legalize it here. The rules are > >> that > >> both rider and passenger must wear a helmet, the rider must not go more > >> than > >> 5mph faster than the cars it is passing, traffic must not be doing more > >> than > >> 20mph, and you can't do it in a school zone. I'd be worried that a door > >> would open, or some jack would try to cut me off just to be a jerk, but at > >> the same time sitting in gridlock on an air-cooled bike constantly working > >> the clutch in an out can be a pain. > > >> -Kyle > >> -Sent from Houston, TX, United States > > >> -- > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > >> "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >> [email protected]<nighthawk_lovers%[email protected]> > >> . > >> For more options, visit this group at > >>http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]. > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]<nighthawk_lovers%[email protected]> > > . > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en.
