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CHP removes lane-splitting guidelines from their web site
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<blockquote data-quote="FJR4JAB" data-source="post: 1165830" data-attributes="member: 87033"><p>There has been no change in California law (or more accurately, no new regulating law) for lane sharing. I seriously hope it stays that way. The only way I can see this issue gaining momentum and becoming some sort of law, is if it can be proven that motorcycle lane sharing is excessively dangerous and the specific act of lane sharing causes collisions. California freeways are more than wide enough for a motorcyclist to travel between cars in congested traffic. It would be very difficult to prove that lane sharing, on its own, could be the proximate cause for a collision. IMHO, the majority of collisions that occur between motorcycle and car, while lane sharing, are caused by the driver of the car making a lane change without checking their blind spot. We already have an enforceable law in the vehicle code that prohibits this. Its called an unsafe lane change. On rare occasion, the collision is caused by a motorcyclist that is traveling too fast, while splitting the lanes of congested traffic, and the driver of a car makes a lane change with the expectation that all vehicles are traveling at a safe speed for the traffic conditions. Again, there's already an enforceable law that prohibits the motorcyclist from traveling too fast in congested traffic. Its called unsafe speed. Whether the CHP safe practice "guidelines" were written or not, I'd be willing to bet that common sense will prevail and no new law will ever be enacted to prevent or regulate lane sharing in California. The current vehicle code laws are adequate enough for the CHP to regulate lane sharing. .02</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="FJR4JAB, post: 1165830, member: 87033"] There has been no change in California law (or more accurately, no new regulating law) for lane sharing. I seriously hope it stays that way. The only way I can see this issue gaining momentum and becoming some sort of law, is if it can be proven that motorcycle lane sharing is excessively dangerous and the specific act of lane sharing causes collisions. California freeways are more than wide enough for a motorcyclist to travel between cars in congested traffic. It would be very difficult to prove that lane sharing, on its own, could be the proximate cause for a collision. IMHO, the majority of collisions that occur between motorcycle and car, while lane sharing, are caused by the driver of the car making a lane change without checking their blind spot. We already have an enforceable law in the vehicle code that prohibits this. Its called an unsafe lane change. On rare occasion, the collision is caused by a motorcyclist that is traveling too fast, while splitting the lanes of congested traffic, and the driver of a car makes a lane change with the expectation that all vehicles are traveling at a safe speed for the traffic conditions. Again, there's already an enforceable law that prohibits the motorcyclist from traveling too fast in congested traffic. Its called unsafe speed. Whether the CHP safe practice "guidelines" were written or not, I'd be willing to bet that common sense will prevail and no new law will ever be enacted to prevent or regulate lane sharing in California. The current vehicle code laws are adequate enough for the CHP to regulate lane sharing. .02 [/QUOTE]
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