Since California is the only state that still allow this practice, it's appropriate to post it here I guess.

http://www.whybike.com/motorcycle5.htm

Thats some great advice... but I still wont lane split. Ive already had one door come flying open. Never again.

good read. thanks for the tips

Thats some great advice... but I still wont lane split. Ive already had one door come flying open. Never again.

Did it happen on the freeway or on surface streets? I don't lane share much on surface streets, MAYBE to get to the front of a long row of cars at a light, but that's it.

Did it happen on the freeway or on surface streets? I don't lane share much on surface streets, MAYBE to get to the front of a long row of cars at a light, but that's it.
It was coming down a freeway off ramp

I do it pretty frequently to be honest. I don't like cars that drive 10 mph under the speed limit, specially when they are side by side. Also in my area it can get quite busy between 3PM-7PM from all the people getting home from work so if I want to go anywhere I have no choice unless I want to be in stop and go traffic.

I do it pretty frequently to be honest. I don't like cars that drive 10 mph under the speed limit, specially when they are side by side. Also in my area it can get quite busy between 3PM-7PM from all the people getting home from work so if I want to go anywhere I have no choice unless I want to be in stop and go traffic.

Unless they're going 15mph, be careful with that, you can get ticketed for anything over 10 or 15mph.

Unless they're going 15mph, be careful with that, you can get ticketed for anything over 10 or 15mph.

Oh I know but that is a rare occasion otherwise when I do split lanes in traffic the traffic is usually going 3-5mph

I've clipped a cager mirror with my mirror before. Totally my fault, though, and I don't even think they noticed because it barely made a sound and the mirror didn't even budge.

Two cagers today almost clipped me while I was lane splitting. They changed lane abruptly w/o signaling, and close too. I decided to ride with my high beem on to make myself more noticeable. On top of that, a fellow biker cut me off close cuz I wasn't lane splitting ast enough for him. My bullet cam should be here soon. I have semi-permanently attached to my track bike so I'm a bit lazy to reuse it for my street bike. It's $50 for a 420-line bullet cam on ebay, reusing the DVR recorder from my track bike. It should be somewhat of an insurance in case something happen. :scooter.

FL allows it for motorcycles only

Two cagers today almost clipped me while I was lane splitting. They changed lane abruptly w/o signaling, and close too. I decided to ride with my high beem on to make myself more noticeable. On top of that, a fellow biker cut me off close cuz I wasn't lane splitting ast enough for him. My bullet cam should be here soon. I have semi-permanently attached to my track bike so I'm a bit lazy to reuse it for my street bike. It's $50 for a 420-line bullet cam on ebay, reusing the DVR recorder from my track bike. It should be somewhat of an insurance in case something happen. :scooter.

Yeah, it helped Dawn...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xZtetIzIW4

Although I think they did up-play some of the stuff... the video (the raw footage (http://www.smoothcurvesracing.com/images/Accident20060210a.wmv)) certainly came in handy to avoid the blame game when it came to the police report.

Holy zebra bike
Camera on full time is a good idea

Don't let her hear you say that, she'll rip you a new one. According to her, it's a "black and white tiger stripe." lol

It looks like a Zebra to me.....

I am a rider and still not that comfortable with lane splitting.There is a huge difference between lane sharing and lane splitting.Lane splitting is riding a bicycle or motorcycle between lanes in the same direction as traffic.Lane sharing is allowed in many states, as long as the two vehicles are both motorcycles.I honestly believe that lane-sharing is safer than sitting in the “sandwich zone” between two bumpers.