Lane Splitting
Lane splitting is legal in California. This has always surprised me because California has so many laws yet they allow lane splitting. I have been told that the original intention was twofold:
1) Allow motorcycles to move up in the line at stop lights for safety reason - so they do not get rear ended by other cars.
2) Allow the Motorcycle Police to legally get where they have go when they are not running Code 3 (Lights and Sirens).
Of course what happens is you get guys on sportbikes screaming pass you at 100mph on a curve.
I seldom split lines unless in a traffice jam.
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