I remember seeing this episode one day before I had left for work.
T.V show - Don't drive here
He's in Thailand and they're on moped/motorcycles. At one point he says "No wonder somebody dies more than once an hour in this country on a motorcycle". Sure enough, few seconds later in the clip, he gets a minor fender bender.
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Originally Posted by 320icar
If they wanted to pass a law about lane filtering, there would have to be a massive campaign of knowledge going on too. News segments, in the 24/metro news, radio commercials, everything!
As a rider, the only time I would be tempted to lane split is riding the hard shoulder in grid lock highway traffic in 30+ degree weather. I have not done it yet, but I would be damn tempted. Other vehicles on the road will still flip out, get angry, honk etc because you are "cheating". But you are in a full leather body suit in direct sunlight sitting on top of an engine. Non-riders will never understand how temping that 15km/h breeze is unless they have been in that situation
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I know exactly what you mean about getting that 15km/h breeze and how helpful it can be while sitting on a hot bike in 30 deg weather. I know its tempting, but I still wouldn't do it. I chose to ride the bike, I'll take the traffic that comes with it. The people that do split lanes here, I think of them no differently than the young self entitled brats in Vancouver, "I can fit between cars at a red light and I will. I'll get to the front faster than you sucker!!! I've a bike, you've a car, I win!"