‘Is lane splitting safe?’ or ‘Is lane splitting fair?’, friend, you are asking the wrong questions. This video dives into the philosophical disagreements that are at the heart of every lane splitting, filtering, and shoulder riding arguments we see time and time again.
While most discussions revolve around a few studies (Hurt Report, University of California Berkeley, New South Wales trail) there is no empirical data that can tell us definitively how dangerous these behaviors are. Instead you need to examine the key concepts around ‘Danger’ and ‘Fairness’, which is what we’ll do in this video.
After the discussion there are prescriptions for how to build a framework to legalized and safe lane splitting.
My Previous video on guidelines for safe lane splitting:
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
1:28 Is lane splitting dangerous
8:15 Is lane splitting fair?
13:35 Prescriptions for safe lane splitting laws
16:20 Outro
18:04 Utah filtering law
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Nailed it!
I love living in Cali. Lane spliting all day!
that font gave me cancer
Its also ilegal in Europe.
Cops don't care about it.
I like the way you break down 'fair'. Here in the UK it is legal but also not encouraged in your riding test. It's kind of a grey area because it is not mentioned in our Highway code, meaning it's not a practise they endorse but on the other hand, the Highway code doesn't say you can't do it. Many people pull over to the side to give you more room or to create a space for you to get by. However the other view on fair comes in and people do everything they can to cut your space down or block you in so you cannot get past, sometimes going to lengths of what would be considered dangerous driving just to stop you from making progress they can't. We also have obligatory no mirror users or texting drivers as I am sure you do in the States. The rule for a biker filtering in the UK from a law perspective is that it must be done with "due care and attention" that can be quite a subjective topic for opinion but it generally works and whilst you do get the odd fool riding like an idiot the same is true for car drivers as well. I split between ongoing traffic, but I make sure I've always got somewhere to get safe at all times, should the need arise with large vehicles coming the opposite way. That being said, if I feel the risk is quite high or feel as though my actions will impact someone else (causing them to swerve) I'll just sit and wait, I'm not in a rush to go to hospital or the grave.