They don't "lane split" here in Atlanta. They just recklessly weave in and out of traffic at 100MPH+.

Squids, the lot of them.

IIRC, the last time I heard about it being brought up in TX, it was to be allowed while traffic is stationary and up to 25mph.

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Originally posted by P250UA5:
IIRC, the last time I heard about it being brought up in TX, it was to be allowed while traffic is stationary and up to 25mph.

Unfortunately they recently made it explicitly illegal in TX.

There was a little grey area, but it has been made black and white. No filtering, no splitting.

I don't lane split because its to risky in my neck of the woods but it doesn't bother me that other riders do it.

I did it. Once. Living in Brooklyn, working in Manhattan, I commuted in decent weather by motorcycle, using the Brooklyn Bridge.

One morning, Manhattan bound traffic on the bridge was at a standstill. Nothing moved. Five minutes of sitting still was enough for me, so I motored at a walking pace between the lanes of stationary cars. I was greeted at the Manhattan exit by a nice traffic cop, who wrote a ticket for me.

Went to court, the judge was not interested in my plight, paid the fine, didn't do it again -- I learned the first time.

The ultimate lane splitter! LOL

https://x.com/InternetH0F/status/2021480833756942448

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Originally posted by HRK:
The ultimate lane splitter! LOL

That's hilarious. Technically legal, I'd think.

On the topic of the OP, in heavy traffic around 30mph, Harley Bagger weaving through & splitting fairly aggressively. Prime example of how not to do it.

I did it all the time when I lived in NYC back in the 1990's One time I even got an offical 'keep going' wave from a marked NYPD cruiser who was stuck in the same traffic on the 59th street bridge. By the time I left in 2003 they were starting to crack down on it. I don't drive in NYC now unless I can avoid it, and I have no reason to lane split outside of the rotten apple.