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Toronto, Canada, may soon become the next place in North America to allow lane splitting. Toronto’s city council recently approved a motion that could allow motorcycles to lane filter between lanes.

Lane-Splitting. It’s the practice of riding a motorcycle between rows of stopped or slow-moving traffic. You probably know that it’s been legal in California for many years, but what you may not know is that it’s explicitly or implicitly illegal in every other U.S. state.

Regardless of an individual’s position on firearms, the simple fact of the matter is that motorcycle ownership and gun ownership often go hand in hand.

Motorcycle laws vary from state to state, and keeping track of the differences can be confusing. Whether you’re moving to a new state or just riding through, it helps to know the law of the land and what you need to know about riding a motorcycle in each state. Motorcycle.com is here to help, with a look at each state’s laws, beginning with Alabama. (Information current as of August 2013.)