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Originally Posted by underscore
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.
Thailand isn't exactly a mecca of road safety so I wouldn't be looking there for any kind of useful advice.
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As fun as it would be to spend a considerable amount of time finding these studies. The easier and perhaps more real world look at this is to take a look at well developed countries that allow this practice (done in a safe manner, not huge speed wiping between cars). The UK for example, they implemented this system and saw a drastic decline in traffic fatalities because of it.
California is in the process of making this practice legal because it is SAFER for road users.
But for a quick example.
UC Berkeley Study Finds Lane-Splitting Is Safe If You're Smart
Lane Splitting
http://lanesplittingislegal.com/asse...ay-29-2015.pdf
I say again, the reason why Zulu has seen a less than stellar result from this is because no one here is expecting this. It is not a common practice and no one is educated on it, resulting in idiots on bikes doing high speeds between vehicles not expecting to be passed in the manner. When done to ease congestion and improve safety (passing in safe areas at slow speeds in near stationary or stationary traffic, its proven time and time again that it is a safe practice and improves road safety).