When bikes are filtering through stopped traffic, what do you do when the traffic starts moving again? Now you've got 1 too many vehicles wide on the road and you're surrounded by lots of people who may not know you're there. If you split on the far right you give yourself a buffer but you're at the mercy of anyone who may pull out to the right for whatever reason.
BB6 I'd like to see some of those studies, no offense but knowing Zulu's experiences I'm going to take his statements over someone elses.
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Originally Posted by sho_bc
Having lived in a place (Thailand) where the motorcycles essentially rule the road and lane-splitting at reds is commonplace and you get looked at funny if you don't do it, I know that it can work. The issue is the LMD (and I would guess most of North America) and the drivers that learn to drive here and only know how to drive here.
It worked perfectly there because everyone knew that thats what happened and did it themselves, so they knew to be cognizant of the motorcycles. It will likely never truly work here because there are too many bad drivers who never look outside the bubble of whats right in front of their faces. They have a hard enough time not colliding with other cars at a standstill, let alone motorcycles filtering up to the front of the line.
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Thailand isn't exactly a mecca of road safety so I wouldn't be looking there for any kind of useful advice.