tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156536327610779049.post5119635072587839284..comments2024-02-23T11:23:45.971-05:00Comments on Lost Motorcyclist: How Do You Like Lane Splitting?Lost Motorcyclisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08873504561959138792noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156536327610779049.post-89632578973218438442014-01-08T10:44:44.472-05:002014-01-08T10:44:44.472-05:00I am not sure whether Anonymous is referring to me...I am not sure whether Anonymous is referring to me as the reason car drivers hate motorcyclists, but I am a courteous driver. I often get truck drivers flashing lights to thank me for my help. I rarely if ever get car drivers honking, waving fingers, chasing me down the road yelling. At least not any more.<br /><br />Anonymous, you did not "move to California and learn to ride a motorcycle", you are in a long and continuous process of learning to ride a motorcycle, just like the rest of us. And with your attitude and lack of patience and immaturity, improvements may be slow.<br /><br />To recap my story about almost being run down by a lane splitter, I was not blaming the lane splitter for that incident, if anything I was blaming myself. I always try to look at how I could have averted a situation instead of blaming others. I was in an unfamiliar situation, and I failed to check for motorcycles lane-splitting behind me before moving into a lane splitting position myself. It was my first day in lane splitting territory, and I probably should have spent a bit more time observing how people were driving before trying something new myself. That's all.<br /><br />Now my suggestion for you: if you really like speed and want to improve your skills, take it to the track instead of on a public road. Much safer for you, and for others. If you behave badly on the track, you will have a chance to reason it out with other drivers face to face instead of engaging in honking and yelling matches on the road. And it is a great outlet for your hostility while acquiring more respect for people who know more than you.Lost Motorcyclisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08873504561959138792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156536327610779049.post-22670797807956738132014-01-07T22:08:36.942-05:002014-01-07T22:08:36.942-05:00BTW the "few" incidents were 3 in over 4...BTW the "few" incidents were 3 in over 4000kms of actual riding...<br /><br />- one tennesee truck driver moving over trying to block me on the 401, and actually other drivers in the left lane moved over so I had room to go past in spite of this<br />- some guy honked at me in London, ON when I filtered to the front, but then nothing else came of it<br />- a fatass and his fat girlfriend chased me in their little Geo Storm or similar in Kitchener, ON, yelling out their windows...ohhhh so scary!<br /><br />it was shameful how incompetent, scared, and pathetic most of the other riders I encountered in Ontario were! Big groups of cruisers going exactly 80km/h on backroads, holding up big lines of cars...slowing way down for curves they could negotiate at 180km/h if they wanted to, and just generally embarrassing me for even being on two wheels just by their existence.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156536327610779049.post-64610745314603071722014-01-07T22:00:00.679-05:002014-01-07T22:00:00.679-05:00wow, you're pretty much a useless pussy and sh...wow, you're pretty much a useless pussy and shouldn't ride at all. lane splitting SHOULD be legal everywhere.<br /><br />as someone who grew up in Southern Ontario and then moved to CA later and learned to ride motorcycles, I can tell right away from your little cute story about "almost getting hit by someone splitting lanes at a high rate of speed" that you're pretty much the reason why cars hate motorcyclists in Ontario. Morons that hold up traffic, are scared on their bikes, and generally make nuisances of themselves...that's pretty much motorcycles in Ontario in a nutshell.<br /><br />I returned home for a visit and borrowed a bike, and I lane split the entire time in Ontario without issue. I had afew incidents of butthurt retards getting angry, but if you learn how to do it properly in an area where it is legal (like California) you won't have problems doing it anywhere else safely.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156536327610779049.post-49650365017975372132013-02-02T08:57:43.237-05:002013-02-02T08:57:43.237-05:00'When in Rome ...'
I tend to look at this...'<i>When in Rome ...</i>'<br /><br />I tend to look at this issue pragmatically.<br /><br />Although there is no specific provision against lane-splitting in the Ontario <i>Highway Traffic Act</i>, riders have been convicted under Section 172 ('Stunting') ... c.f. <i>R v Bunda</i> 2009 ... as well as under other sections (including Section 132 - 'Careless Driving').<br /><br />But the practical reality is that, in Ontario, automobile drivers simply do not <i>expect</i> motorcycles to lane-split. Couple that with the generally poor levels of road courtesy and lack of attention among Ontario drivers, and one lane-splits at one's peril.<br /><br />Even '<i>filtering ahead</i>' in Ontario is likely to result in minor expressions of road rage and menacing behaviour from automobile and truck drivers. One is almost guaranteed angry behaviours from some drivers when, as you point out, one does a 'late merge' from a closing lane.<br /><br />Lane-splitting may be part of local 'customs and usage' in other jurisdictions; it is <b>not</b> in Ontario, and the arguments for efficiency and safety become rather moot here.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> Madeyehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02593933575568389288noreply@blogger.com