SRLA: Lane Splitting in LA

[WRCGC8]

i've almost been hit twice by two dumb ass' getting out of the carpool over double yellow and one that actually side swiped me... is it okay to ride with your brights on when lane splitting? i've been thinking of doing it but i havent because i figure it might annoy people

[grigsolve]

I live in Portland, Oregon, and have traveled several miles of southern California. Line splitting is legal in California. Its illegal in washington and Oregon, but keep in mind the freeway lanes are two feet wider in California than Oregon and Washington. Freeways were built to with that in mind, that's why it's legal.

[hgdatj]

Returning to cali from washington (where I live now) all smooth sailing untill we reached a sign that said welcome to southern california and the traffic stopped right there. No joke.

[twmals]

lane splitting is legal in cali look it up in the motorcycle hand book for cali its between pgs 30 and 39 and has one small little section. it says something like if speeds are below 20mph you are not allowed to split moving 30 mph it has to be below that and in a safe manner. . . . . dont quote me on it i just know that its in there and its in between those pages.

[locosway]

Turn on your brights at night and I won't let you by, you'll have to work for it. How about you respect the law and other drivers and keep your brights off at night?

[loganator01]

@locosway Bikers turn on their brights for safety. Brights make it easier to see bikes among the sea of dimmer car lights so someone won't cut you off. and lane splitting is legal in CA. Apparently you don't know anything about riding a bike.

[locosway]

@loganator01 I live in CA, I know about the laws here. Lane splitting is legal, but riding at night with your brights on is NOT. If you start blinding people you just piss them off. If you're worried about people cutting you off then perhaps you should slow down while splitting. Oh, and riding the double yellow and going in and out of the lane is NOT splitting, that's actually illegal.

[loganator01]

@locosway no people aren't getting pissed off in fact most will probably be like "OH I didn't even see that bike good thing he had brights on" this guy has been driving for a LONG time he knows what he is doing

[locosway]

@loganator01 Then you obviously don't follow California legislation. They're always passing laws when people get upset. Have you seen the new exhaust requirements for motorcycles?

[twmals]

@loganator01 I think you miss understood what i said. I was says lane splitting IS LEGAL and i said NOTHING about high beams read it again. thanks

[loganator01]

@twmals I know, I clicked reply on you by accident. I meant to reply to locosway but I didn't notice in time that I was replying to you, my bad.

[twmals]

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[ajc5171]

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[ajc5171]

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[kawasakipride27]

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[gerfall]

This is why I prefer my bike over my car ;)

[jsmykal]

*sigh* one day may be PA will allow lanesplitting. No more of:

A. Sitting in 0mph traffic on the expressway waiting to get run over

or

B. LaneSplitting and realizing you just split past a PA State Trooper :-x

[Quagmire88]

where in PA are you? im about an hour NE from Philadelphia...

[jsmykal]

@Quagmire88, im near doylestown. Unfortunately, my r6 got stolen in april of last year, and havent picked up a new bike yet :( Ended up being 1000$ in the hole even after insurance.

[Quagmire88]

@jsmykal

oh man that sucks. I plan on buying a Ninja 650r as my first bike some time soon.

and as a correction, meant NW specifically Montgomeryville PA....

[swisscitroen]

I always get over for the motorcycles.

[your2kind]

I live in Orange County just bought a vfr800. The question I had for you was, are you allowed to go over the double yellow lines doing that. I am pretty sure you are not.

[AtlasRider]

I believe they encourage you to use the section to the right of the leftmost lane. Given that the double yellow lines are not meant to be crossed, they SHOULD tell you go there since cars are not supposed to cross and that is the safest place for a motorcycle. But the law doesn't always follow common sense.

[SumGuy617]

Dude is that legal?

[AtlasRider]

Yes. Lane splitting is legal in California.

[F0ckUtoob]

depends on how the cop sees it...

Generally, yes.

Specifically, no.

" Actually lane sharing is not specifically illegal in Calif but it is not specifically legal either. And, lane sharing still does not allow passing in the presence of a double yellow. the double yellow means "No Passing" just the same as a sign announcing that fact."

Source, SMJ