Comments on: Lane sharing: Why it’s great, and where we’re at

By: Gary Stackhouse

Gary Stackhouse — Fri, 14 Feb 2020 19:42:43 +0000

Much like Climate Change Deniers, there will ALWAYS be a certain percentage of uninformed Dunning-Kruger sufferers who will ignore the proven facts in favour of their own uninformed opinion. I suggest we let them enjoy their perch on the summit of Mt. Stupid and continue to push for the laws to change.

By: Gary Stackhouse

Gary Stackhouse — Fri, 14 Feb 2020 19:37:22 +0000

In reply to The Bureaucrat.

You’re KIDDING, right? Have you ever DRIVEN in California… or London… or southeast Asia??

By: Paul Keys

Paul Keys — Wed, 12 Feb 2020 15:20:04 +0000

In reply to Paul.

If lane splitting is legalized it isn’t “your lane” and bikes will have the right to line up beside you at a light. If you race them off the line then you are a passive aggressive tool. I expect you currently drive this way and treat other drivers this way due to your sense of “fairness” and entitlement.

People like Paul will be a problem. But even they will settle down once the rules are in place. Let’s get started.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Wed, 12 Feb 2020 14:26:57 +0000

In reply to The Bureaucrat.

Name me one major city where drivers are chill.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Wed, 12 Feb 2020 14:16:34 +0000

In reply to Ryan Craig.

What’s wrong with either of those laws? They have nothing to do with the filtering/splitting argument and both relate to safety and common sense.

By: The Bureaucrat

The Bureaucrat — Tue, 11 Feb 2020 20:05:52 +0000

I’m sure we’ve all witnessed car drivers heaping verbal (and sometimes, physical) abuse on a fellow motorist who “jumps the queue” in slow-moving traffic. Can you imagine the reaction to motorcyclists zipping ahead? Seems like motorists in jurisdictions that allow this practice are waaay more chill than Canadian drivers.

By: sartly

sartly — Tue, 11 Feb 2020 04:52:30 +0000

Both lane splitting and filtering are legal in Auckland NZ where it is permitted so long as you are sensible about things. Yesterday I saved 20min lane splitting for 15km and felt totally safe. Much more so than being in stop/start traffic between vehicles. My own standard is to split up to around 50km/hr and not more than around 20km/hr faster than the traffic – once speeds are above that, I rejoin. And I stop when the gap is not safe. Drivers are in the main fantastic. Nearly all leave room or move over as soon as they see me. I frequently give them a wave when they do so. I think they recognise that we are one less car taking space. Win/win. I highly recommend splitting and filtering and don’t really understand why it is so difficult to introduce elsewhere really.

By: Paul

Paul — Tue, 11 Feb 2020 01:04:26 +0000

In reply to Buzzerd.

It IS my lane,lol. You are not allowed to impinge. The term that it is better known as is called “sharing the road”. That means you don’t crowd up beside my car at ANY time. If a car enters my lane and contacts me, it isn’t MY fault. It’s the impinger that gets charged. So my point was they are not to be impinging on my lane in the first place. How can the HTA allow it? And btw I never said they aren’t allowed to their own piece of the road, just not MY piece of it. If it’s not a competition then just sit in YOUR lane like everyone else…..it’s not a competition…..pfft.