moving out of the way because of non-stopping dangerous traffic behind you is NOT filtering. thats clearly for emergency situations only.
and there is no specific law for motorcycle filtering/splitting because almost every driving law we have is based on cars, not motorcycles. why? because as of a few years ago, motorcycles are only 1.3% of road vehicles, so theres really not much incentive to actually make/change laws specifically for motorcyclists.
but that doesnt negate the fact that IN GENERAL, if you're caught splitting/filtering, you will obviously get charged. the driving culture here definitely does NOT accept it, so you're risking your own life in doing so as well. the whole point of the potential pilot project is to not only obviously alleviate traffic for cars and bikes, but also to slowly change that culture and make drivers aware that they should start watching for filtering bikes, because obviously right now they don't expect that to happen at all.
i'm sure a lot of us do some minor filtering here and there so no one is fully innocent. but you claiming you do it all of the time (and ESPECIALLY lane splitting if you're actually doing that) is just plain stupid. all it takes is one news report of some newbie rider getting in an accident while splitting/filtering and that'll be the end of any legal push to make it legit. you've been riding for one single month. anyone whos been riding smart knows its other peoples stupidity you have to watch out for. and you have NO control over that no matter how long or far you've been riding.
i also dont get why you think its impressive or that it helps your point that you've ridden 6k??? who cares?
and there is no specific law for motorcycle filtering/splitting because almost every driving law we have is based on cars, not motorcycles. why? because as of a few years ago, motorcycles are only 1.3% of road vehicles, so theres really not much incentive to actually make/change laws specifically for motorcyclists.
but that doesnt negate the fact that IN GENERAL, if you're caught splitting/filtering, you will obviously get charged. the driving culture here definitely does NOT accept it, so you're risking your own life in doing so as well. the whole point of the potential pilot project is to not only obviously alleviate traffic for cars and bikes, but also to slowly change that culture and make drivers aware that they should start watching for filtering bikes, because obviously right now they don't expect that to happen at all.
i'm sure a lot of us do some minor filtering here and there so no one is fully innocent. but you claiming you do it all of the time (and ESPECIALLY lane splitting if you're actually doing that) is just plain stupid. all it takes is one news report of some newbie rider getting in an accident while splitting/filtering and that'll be the end of any legal push to make it legit. you've been riding for one single month. anyone whos been riding smart knows its other peoples stupidity you have to watch out for. and you have NO control over that no matter how long or far you've been riding.
i also dont get why you think its impressive or that it helps your point that you've ridden 6k??? who cares?
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