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Lane sharing is when you ride next to another bike and illegal in most states. It is usually recommended that you ride in a staggared formation (____ when there is two or more bikes in the same lane. As for lane splitting, ---- that ----. You are putting yourself in close proximity to vehicle as you pass. One concern I always hear is people opening doors while you pass, but I am more concerned with dumb assholes throwing ---- out of their windows. I have been hit with everything from food/trash to cigerettes and even big ------- rocks. :7

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happy landings

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I reserve my lane splitting for the long standstills.....I prefer to take the sidewalks though :P . I do like to weave traffic alot though, saves a lot of time. Illegal here (ky)......yes. Solution.......DON'T STOP! FTP!

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Edit: I'm wrong. Both sharing and splitting are illegal. Interesting, because I've always been told "filtering" through stopped traffic to get up to the front of traffic at a light is ok. According to the law however it appears iffy:

§ 46.2-857 A person shall be guilty of reckless driving who drives any motor vehicle, including any motorcycle, so as to be abreast of another vehicle in a lane designed for one vehicle, or drives any motor vehicle, including any motorcycle, so as to travel abreast of any other vehicle traveling in a lane designed for one vehicle. However, this section shall not apply to any validly authorized parade, motorcade, or motorcycle escort, nor shall it apply to a motor vehicle traveling in the same lane of traffic as a bicycle, electric personal assistive mobility device, electric power-assisted bicycle, or moped

This can be interpreted as only applying to filtering through moving vehicles.. or on the other hand vehicles at a red light could technically still be "driving" in their lane, in which case it is illegal. It seems unclear to me how it would apply to filtering through stopped vehicles.

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I'm not condoning splitting traffic or running from the cops, but I have done both in the past. I had always told myself that I wouldn't run if the situation ever occurred, but when that situation presents itself and you know your in deep ---- if you stop, you make hasty decisions. I ran twice and got away both times. I consider myself extremely lucky to this day that I was never caught. As far as splitting traffic.....well we used to make runs from Lorain to the flats in Cleveland which is probably about a 35 min drive and they took about 13-16 minutes at high speeds and sometime you just didn't have the time to slow down or make a full lane changes safely, so splitting traffic in either direction was the only option. Yea, scary as ---- and dumb as ----. I was younger and dumber at the time. I don't even own a bike anymore, I do however miss it every now and then. One of the reasons that I got rid of it was because that is all that riding turned out to mean to a lot of people......going out and doing stupid ----, racing, wheelies, etc... I've rode a sportbike from Ohio to Myrtle Beach, or weekend trips that logged over 1k miles in 3 days.....that's the type of riding that I miss.

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Have you ever run from the cops in a stock DX Civic? That ---- is fun. Out in the country around Harrisonburg I was making a permit delivery for my dad and the cop was coming towards me... I'm going 9mph over the limit and I'm in front and I see him slam on his brakes and pull into a turn around. So I go balls to the wall on some back roads and ditch him. Fun ---- mang. If I ever got a bike I'd be trouble for myself or someone else.. which is precisely why I've refrained from purchasing one.

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outran one or two in every car i've owned.

best one was when i was in HS. in the big block chevelle... yellin at my dad OPEN THE DAMN GARAGE

about 20 seconds later here i come screeching into the garage. run over close it bout 20 seconds later cop runs both stop signs past my house LOL

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why cant you wait in traffic like everyone else?

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here in az we call it lane splitting which is illegal. i havent got caught yet but i do it frequently in 45mph roads and not so much on the freeway.. but i think it pisses the people off haha

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I only "ran" from a cop once ever. The cock sucker was hiding at the bottom of a valley, so everyone speeds a lil going down to get up the other side easier. Well I was going about 15 over and saw him way to late to slow down, so i just kept the same speed hoping the bastard was asleep or something. Just as i came to the top of the hill i saw his tailights turn on and his car pull out. I was pretty familiar with the area and there was a house just up on the left w a barn and a driveway that ran next to it. I turned off my lights and e-braked into the driveway, just disappeared behind the side of the house as the cop came over the top of the hill. ------- close, and would def not do it again, unless my car was way faster and had better suspension and tires ;)