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Originally Posted by Uncle B Myth 10: It's Better to Stay in Your Lane than Split Lanes
In most parts of the world, motorcycles split lanes all the time, everywhere traffic is heavy. Here in the U.S., people often act as if lane-splitting is insane. But when someone actually studied it in the only place in the U.S. where it's legal (California), they discovered it's actually slightly safer than staying in the lane in heavy, slow-moving traffic. Still many motorcyclists berate others who do it, when they should in fact be endorsing it. |
Did it this morn for the first time. There was a wreck on the exit ramp of the freeway. I just slowly, and cautiously, creeped my way down the shoulder, then merged back into the crowd to get around the wreck. I didn't want to be a sitting duck waiting for someone to come off the freeway and lock 'em up and rear end me.