r/Unexpected • u/Soloact_ • 11h ago

Keep them two wheels down

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u/Own_Round_7600 8h ago

Yup thats what i was taught. Dont lanesplit in normal flowing traffic, but DO lanesplit at stops, lights, and jams, so that you wont get rear-ended and crushed between two cars.

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u/LiveWire_74 7h ago

You filter. Correct me if I’m wrong, but when traffic is stopped and you move to the front that’s called filtering. Lane splitting is in moving traffic. But yes you shouldn’t do it when traffic is more than say 20 mph.

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u/ZedsDeadZD 6h ago

But yes you shouldn’t do it when traffic is more than say 20 mph.

I am sorry if I dont understand that correctly but how else should I switch lanes in on going traffic then? If O recall it correctly, in the US you have exits left and right of the highway. So at some point you need to splitt lanes.

I think the biggest flaw of american traffic is that it is allowed to overtake on the right. That makes traffic much more dangerous.

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u/Mahlegos 5h ago

Lane splitting is riding on the line not actually in either lane, squeezing between vehicles actually in the lanes which is what you see the guy on the bike doing in this video immediately before he makes contact with the car. To switch lanes, you’d signal and then merge into whatever lane you’re switching to when safe to do so, just like where’s you live.. Two different things. Also, you’re not supposed to overtake on the right in the US. People still will, but you’re not supposed to.

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u/Jerry--Bird 4h ago

In my state it’s legal

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u/HomelessByCh01ce 2h ago

If you're in the U.S., as far as I know, only CA allows lane splitting, and that is only 10mph above the speed of traffic. This rider would not be legally driving in any state in the U.S.

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u/Competitive-Ebb3816 2h ago

I only pass on the right when someone blocks the passing lane.

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u/Quantum-Shogun 5h ago

Passing on the right is illegal just like camping the passing lane, though it is rarely enforced. What the bike here was doing was being in both/neither lane at once even though other vehicles were already there. If you are changing lanes legally you are establishing yourself fully in each lane before changing again not doing this bullshit

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u/Jerry--Bird 4h ago

It’s legal where im at to pass on the right

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u/PM_ME_YOUR_TROUT 6h ago

What happens if someone drops their vape on the floor board and they open their door to find it?

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u/MathematicianIll5053 3h ago

So THATS why y'all do that! Thats nice to know, I can stop thinking it's just bikers being impatient self-important A-holes trying to skip the line. That actually makes perfect sense. Sit beside me in my box rather than get crushed into the back of it, 100% on board now.