Another 50 State Lane-Splitting Petition Started On Whitehouse.gov
Why should Californians have all the fun?
Anyone who has had the pleasure of filtering their way between lines of slower traffic can attest to the beauty of lane-splitting. Last year, we reported on California Assembly Bill 51, a bill attempting to codify lane-splitting into state law as opposed to keeping it in current unwritten enactment. Well, yesterday, another attempt at drawing attention to the idea of legal lane-splitting nationwide was started on the White House web site. While California motorcyclists have been lucky enough to have filtering between the lanes as one of their urban riding tools for years, we’d like to share it with the rest of the country since it’s impossible to export our year-round riding season. Think of this as a green initiative that can help the environment by freeing motorcycles from wasteful hours of idling away our planet’s precious bodily fluids while waiting for the cars in front of them to move. Think how much happier riders will be after their commute. Songs will spontaneously erupt in the workplace instead of mass shootings. The divorce rate will drop. That barking dog will be given the love it craves from its owner instead of a shout and a kick. Presidential elections will revolve around actual policy discussions instead of merely tapping into voter rage. All because of the breath of fresh air provided by the implementation of national lane-splitting.
So, take a moment out of your busy day and lend your name, email address, and zip code to the cause. Maybe rationality will prevail…this time.
The Truth About Lane-Splitting
Like most of the best happenings in his life, Evans stumbled into his motojournalism career. While on his way to a planned life in academia, he applied for a job at a motorcycle magazine, thinking he’d get the opportunity to write some freelance articles. Instead, he was offered a full-time job in which he discovered he could actually get paid to ride other people’s motorcycles – and he’s never looked back. Over the 25 years he’s been in the motorcycle industry, Evans has written two books, 101 Sportbike Performance Projects and How to Modify Your Metric Cruiser, and has ridden just about every production motorcycle manufactured. Evans has a deep love of motorcycles and believes they are a force for good in the world.
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Wow, as of today, still only 7,313 signatures out of the 100,000 we need. =[
I have hit motorcyclist before with lane splitting and left. I'm not getting my life ruined because you guys are idiots. I hope it was your friend. Federal Law would hopefully protect any innocent driver that bumps into one of these idiots. Lane splitting can only be done when the difference in speed is 5MPH. So when you accidentally hit one of these fags, since she was going too fast - lane split or not you are in the clear and the mutilated biker gangster can rot in the street.