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Which would be great. I'd love to see more people actually consider fuel consumption when purchasing vehicles.
I'd throw another $2-3 per gallon at least onto the price of gasoline, and put that money toward off-street public transportation like elevated trains, subways, and regional transit.
Two cars are ambling along through rush-hour traffic in adjacent lanes, and the crotch-rocket decides to split between them, where there is no lane. It's riding the line. It's illegal in every state in which I've lived, I know, although I'm not positive about the traffic laws of every other state.
Lane Splitting Law Is A Legal Grey Area
There is no absolutely universal legal view on lane splitting, because lane splitting law varies from each state to the next. Even within a single state, lane splitting law tends to be far more complex than many of the other kinds of legislation that restrict how drivers and motorcycle riders can behave. Lane splitting in California is legal in many circumstances, but not in all circumstances, so whether a biker is cited for illegal lane splitting in California has as much to do with what kind of mood a police officer is in as it does with the realities of lane splitting law. Lane splitting law is one of the greyest areas of ambiguity in modern laws that govern the safe use of vehicles, so it is little wonder then that there is a lot of confusion about lane splitting law among driver, motorcycle riders, and even among lawyers and other law professionals.
There is no absolutely universal legal view on lane splitting, because lane splitting law varies from each state to the next. Even within a single state, lane splitting law tends to be far more complex than many of the other kinds of legislation that restrict how drivers and motorcycle riders can behave. Lane splitting in California is legal in many circumstances, but not in all circumstances, so whether a biker is cited for illegal lane splitting in California has as much to do with what kind of mood a police officer is in as it does with the realities of lane splitting law. Lane splitting law is one of the greyest areas of ambiguity in modern laws that govern the safe use of vehicles, so it is little wonder then that there is a lot of confusion about lane splitting law among driver, motorcycle riders, and even among lawyers and other law professionals.
Wikipedia has been wrong on some issues in the past, but rarely on something like this, and it says California is the only US state where it is even a grey area. It is explicitly illegal in every other state, apparently.
Places like CA have law specifically stating it can be done while states like NV have laws saying it cannot be done. Most states do not have any reference to a law allowing/prohibiting it.
Places like CA have law specifically stating it can be done while states like NV have laws saying it cannot be done. Most states do not have any reference to a law allowing/prohibiting it.
In the case of language not explicitly addressing it, wouldn't lane splitting default to 'prohibited' or at least 'frowned upon' under the umbrella of reckless driving?
the entire discussion makes me want to pop my door open in traffic....
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