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View Poll Results: Should motorcyclists ever ride between the lanes in heavy traffic?
Never 7 50.00%
Anytime 3 21.43%
Only in an amergency 2 14.29%
They should be clotheslined 3 21.43%
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Old 06-04-2005, 11:19 AM
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LOL... damn.. guess you've never been to CA then..hahah 80??? that's it... hahah..some of the major freeways here.. u go in 85-90 in the fast lane, you will get passed or high beamed especially down I5

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People around here drive like bats out of hell.. The going speed on the 393 (the highway from here to Concord that I take to school) is usually 75 during rush hour, at least 80 normally. I have to go to Nashua once a week (maps.google.com if you don't know your way around NH) and the going speed on I93 north of the Hooksett Tolls is often around 90. \

My friend's brother has a Dodge Stealth Turbo and one day he was on 393 and was racing a Vette Z06. He took it up to 150. The vette was in the lane next to him (the highway was empty).. The Vette pulls up next to him flips him off, drops a gear, and zooms off... Or so I hear. IDK if Vettes can really go that fast?
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Old 06-04-2005, 11:24 AM
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lane-splitting is perfectly legal in CA and having been a former biker with 2 very fast ducati's I've done my share of it. I don't see anything wrong with it if done in a safe manner... some guys in cars think otherwise but probably purely because well.. they CAN'T do it..

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I was sitting in bumper to bumper rush hour traffic today when some douche on a Buell comes barreling between the cars at about 30pmh. I felt like clotheslining the maroon. IMHO, it's only OK to do that if you're rushing to the hospital for something or if all hell has broken loose and you're evacuating someplace.

What does everyone think about bikers who do that? I don't ride anymore, but I know a few of you guys have bikes, especially interested in hearing from y'all.

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I don't lane split and you DON'T want to that in this country. 99% of car, bus and jeepney drivers have no respect for bikers here. Just recently, an Aussie expat was killed as he was about to exit the expressway to a gas station when a public bus swerved pinning him down.
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Old 03-09-2008, 07:43 PM
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Correct except for the last part. I don't know of anyone who drives a car that thinks it OK. And it's not because "they CAN'T do it" It's because it's just dumb.....PERIOD. Even if i were a biker I wouldn't do it. Not with the way people drive these days...... Those who damage your car speed off into the sunset like.....Oh well you deal with it...I'm gone....

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lane-splitting is perfectly legal in CA and having been a former biker with 2 very fast ducati's I've done my share of it. I don't see anything wrong with it if done in a safe manner... some guys in cars think otherwise but probably purely because well.. they CAN'T do it..
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So who bumped a 3 year old thread...nothings changed tho...the people posting back then are the same ones today...except for sanguru
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Old 03-09-2008, 08:11 PM
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So who bumped a 3 year old thread...nothings changed tho...the people posting back then are the same ones today...except for sanguru
I did. Was doing a search for bikers among the X5 owners.
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Philly is filled with moronic bike riders...they really give a bad name to cycle enthusiasts...its riders like that that make car drivers hate cycle riders which is very unfortunate. Cycle riders should obey the same rules of the road as other vehicles unless its an emergency situation.
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Old 03-13-2008, 08:32 PM
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I do miss JV though...
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