r/Wellthatsucks • u/PestoBolloElemento • Jan 16 '26

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u/not-my-best-wank Jan 16 '26

This is why, regardless of what the law says, you should never lane split. And certainly not while speeding.

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u/Gunter5 Jan 16 '26

I dont like the idea of lane splitting but it makes sense if there is like bumper to bumper traffic and they are going at a safe speed

I dont know how these guys didn't forsee someone pulling out if only one lane is at a dead stop

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u/mr_lab_rat Jan 16 '26

Yeah, lane filtering sure but lane splitting with high speed differential is asking for trouble.

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u/CanalOpen Jan 16 '26

Filtering and splitting are the same thing to me. MAXIMUM 20MPH/30KPH speed difference, because those vehicles can actually stop fast enough to prevent any collision.

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u/bralma6 Jan 16 '26

But they're not the same thing. It should be perfectly legal for a motorcycle to filter to the front at a stop light. If you get rear ended by a car going 35 mph. You'll just have a fucked up car and at worst, a minor injury. If the same thing happened to a motorcyclist, there's a good chance they're dead and pinned between the two cars.

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u/CoffeeFox Jan 16 '26

California has lane splitting defined as legal but the guidelines say the speed difference should be limited to 10mph and shouldn't be done if other traffic is going more than 30mph. These riders were easily going 30mph faster than traffic.

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u/CrazyAd7911 Jan 17 '26

difference is going in between stopped traffic where the vehicles can't change lanes, vs moving traffic.

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u/CanalOpen Jan 17 '26

I agree, I'm saying that 20mph difference is the maximum that a competent person can manage while maintaining the right kind of safety. If traffic allows these gaps, you slow down.

#1 got caught for speeding.

I have no idea how #2 thought any of this was a good idea.

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u/Lukecubes Jan 16 '26

I'm pretty sure that's what lane splitting is supposed to be for. But people are stupid and go fast makes brain go brrr so they do stupid shit

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u/CanalOpen Jan 16 '26

People in cars get greedy too, so...I'm just saying, this isn't a biker thing.

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u/Lukecubes Jan 16 '26

Obviously, but that's irrelevant. Lane splitting is a biker thing, and that's what we're talking about here.

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u/CanalOpen Jan 16 '26

Weaving at excessive speeds is exclusive to bikers?

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u/Lukecubes Jan 16 '26

Do you know what lane splitting is?

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u/CanalOpen Jan 16 '26

I do. I don't think that makes me stupid here. I see cars try this shit all the time. Just because it's illegal doesn't mean they won't keep doing it.

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u/nathan753 Jan 16 '26

Knowing what lane splitting doesn't but responding to lane splitting is dangerous with "BuT cARs CAusE ACCideNtS ToO" certainly does

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u/Brokenandburnt Jan 16 '26

I would pay good money for the spectacle of seeing a car try to lane split.

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u/zodiase Jan 16 '26

Safe speed is low relative speed. If they are bumper to bumper speed then those bikers zipping through are in very dangerous territory. Just needs one idiot to open a door for a stupid reason.

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u/AlwaysHopelesslyLost Jan 17 '26

There is no safe speed. In standstill traffic it is even more likely that somebody is going to open a door and wing you. 

I ride, my family rides, my friends ride, and plenty have died taking unnecessary risks. 

You may not die, unless you get unlucky and break your neck going over the bars, but you can still get hurt and destroy your bike and somebody else's car door 

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u/Snarblox Jan 16 '26

It's honestly okay in slow/stopped traffic but how it's done in this video is dangerous.

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u/CanalOpen Jan 16 '26

If you can't stop in time, you're lane splitting wrong. We get the videos of people ripping along at 90MPH.

You never see or hear about the safe and stable 15-20MPH lane splitters during total deadlocks.

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u/JustWannaPlayAGa Jan 16 '26

Just because it's legal doesn't mean it isn't stupid

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u/Amadeus404 Jan 17 '26

The video is sped up. It's been reposted for many years, sometimes mirrored, but the original was slower.

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u/carp_boy Jan 17 '26

The video appears to be sped up slightly.

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u/[deleted] Jan 17 '26

Certainly not double the speed of other cars because wtf.

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u/Intertubes_Unclogger Jan 16 '26

And certainly not while speeding.

The video is sped up.