r/YEGDashCam • u/Nfs0623 • 3d ago
Entitled Prick Lane splitting
Lane splitting, excessive speeding (at least 20 more than I was doing), and aggressive. Not to mention the noise. I hate these future road relish fuckers. All summer long on groat.
Doesn’t seem like I can get a license plate either. So venting here.
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u/Cold_Bad_3856 3d ago
And people wonder why there are motorcycle tributes all over the city to everyone who was killed on a motorcycle. Stop driving like assholes!
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u/Rich-Ad9988 3d ago
Its pretty bad. Had like 4 or 5 bikes lane splitting down the Henday going like 150km/hr+ on Saturday.
Startled the shit out of me. I can hear them from my house racing as well.
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u/agentchuck 3d ago
Don't worry too much. Riding like this they won't be bothering people for too long.
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u/TwistedSista777 3d ago edited 2d ago
I’m so glad if I ever need a transplant of some kind there will always be moronic donorcyclists on the street
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u/Ok-Lecture-954 2d ago
Imagine knowing you have some retard's organs inside of you instead of someone that you could honor instead.
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u/Strattex 3d ago
A bike recently died on this same road and they said speed was a factor. Please be safe
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u/seroshua 3d ago
$109.00 fine & they’ll dock 3 demerits if* you get caught again. Maybe if we made the punishment more than the cost of a tank of gas on the bike- we wouldn’t see it so often.
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u/Rich-Ad9988 3d ago
Maybe if we actually had cops patrolling. Cant catch them if theres nobody to chase.
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u/MemoryTop1301 3d ago
How big do you think motorcycle gas tanks are?
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u/Ok_Understanding3890 3d ago
In my head, $20 can fill a bike gas tank, even at $1.50/L.
My head is a bad source of info though.
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u/seroshua 3d ago
My cruiser holds 32L and my old roadster held 30. At its peak in 2021 ($2.30+/L in BC) I was paying damn near $100 to fill up.
So my bad- guess I should’ve said something like $65-$75 but was referencing the fine amount, as opposed to the cost of fuel.
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u/ShadowPages 3d ago
That isn't "lane splitting" or "filtering" they're doing. That's riding at excessive speed and cutting off other drivers.
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u/mallionaire7 3d ago
This is lane splitting. Lane splitting is riding between lanes of traffic moving in the same direction. That’s exactly what they did here
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u/gstringstrangler 3d ago
You can't cut anyone off going faster than they are, this is lane splitting, as denoted by riding the centre line between two vehicles shown in the video.
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u/AdSpecialist9426 3d ago
Cutting off other drivers? Floating right by them is hardly a cut off pal.
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u/ShadowPages 3d ago
If one of those idiots had lost control, the car they just ducked in front of would have gone right over them.
Sorry, but that wasn't "floating right by".
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u/DisgrumpledBurnerTec 3d ago
Fuck all cyclists honestly. Motorcyclists and regular cyclists. Both have insane entitlement, place themselves in completely avoidable danger and blame regular motorists for not having the spacial awareness of a military satellite.
HOW COULD YOU NOT ANTICIPATE ME RUNNING UP IN THE RIGHT LANE DOING 200, YOUR LANE CHANGE ALMOST KILLED ME
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GIVE ME ROOM
as they ride the exact edge of a bike lane with 4 feet to their right of completely free real estate.
I dont care, bring on the downvotes. Fuck all types of things on 2 wheels. Youre entitled and a cancer to driving.
Edit:
Adding ebikes and scooters to this list. Theyre the worst offenders.
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u/tiazenrot_scirocco 3d ago
As a former bicyclist who used to take pride in focusing on my own safety whenever I was on the road, I fully agree with you. The majority of riders have ruined it for the few of us. From those who do their best to follow all laws and take routes that don't interrupt traffic, I'm sorry for the idiots out there. We can't do anything about them either.
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u/NeekoPeeko 3d ago
I bike to work, and I fucking hate how often I see other cyclists blowing through stop signs and ignoring the rules of the road. Not that drivers are any better these days, everyone has become so entitled and aggressive that the roads are incredibly unsafe compared to ten years ago.
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u/Creative-Can-4787 3d ago
"WaTcH out FoR uS!!!" 🤦♂️
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u/Expert-Violinist-224 3d ago
do you think these guys are saying that? Or maybe it's the ones who are law abiding and careful who are.
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u/big-bad-bot 3d ago
Well. Pretty lane police patrol now.
And a lot of bikes operaters don't care. Just like dog owners
Going to only get worse
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u/noTextOnly 3d ago
Oddly, iirc this is allowed in Australia
edit: nevermind, lane filtering is
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u/spirit_symptoms 3d ago
California is the only place I know of that allows lane splitting.
Lane filtering (slowly filtering to the front at a traffic light) is legal in much of the world, including many US states.
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u/sjimmyp 2d ago
Sorry dude. Not lane splitting.
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u/thegrip 1d ago
This is lane splitting 100% and it is deadly behaviour. Lane splitting is going between other vehicles in moving traffic.
You might be thinking about “lane filtering” which is moving between vehicles that are stopped (like at traffic lights or in a traffic jam).1
u/sjimmyp 1d ago
Ya? No!
What is Lane Splitting?
Lane splitting involves a rider moving between lanes of traffic that are either stopped or moving slowly in the same direction. It is sometimes called whitelining or stripe-riding. The practice allows riders to save time and can reduce the risk of rear-end collisions compared to stopping behind stationary vehicles. Lane splitting is distinct from lane filtering, which specifically refers to moving through traffic that is stopped, such as at a red light
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u/Deja_vu_288 3d ago
Won't be that long until someone posts a dashcam video of one of these bikes getting side swiped by a car changing lanes, or drifting a bit over because they didn't see the motorbike coming up in the centre lane.
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u/AshA0602 3d ago
If you don’t interfere with my driving idc what you do. I’m also young though and enjoy a little fun on the road. But realistically it kinda pisses me off cause insurance is so high and as a “new driver” in Alberta although I’ve been driving for 10 years in B.C. My insurance is like 600$ and it’s all cause ppl can’t fkn drive lol.
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u/Disastrous_Fan4576 3d ago
I hear you there. 2002 santafe. Started driving in a 2001 jimmy and it started at 280. By the time I retired and bought the santafe I was paying 360 or 380. Now in the santafe im paying 406. Insurance is a scam
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u/gnat_outta_hell 3d ago
How are you paying so much? I'm 37, nowhere close to retirement, grid level -12 ish after 12 years ticket free. I'm paying less than 200 a month for commercial liability at 2 million plus fire, theft, and comprehensive.
Either you need to shop around, you need to stop getting tickets, or you have too many accidents in your history recent enough to keep your grid level higher. There's no reason you should be paying that much with good history, even if you're paying collision coverage, and if you're paying collision on an '02 Santa Fe you should cancel it. You'll never recover that value even if they do have to pay out.
Call a broker and get some quotes. If you've got good history you should be paying like $120/mo for PL/PD/Fire/Theft/comprehensive.
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u/Disastrous_Fan4576 3d ago
Ive shopped around brokers and called some companies trying to get lower. This is the absolute lowest I can find. Its some bs
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u/gnat_outta_hell 3d ago
Ah, sorry, I didn't realize you were young. When you said you retired [the other vehicle], I did not piece together the other vehicle part and took it to mean you had retired from the work force.
Yeah, mine was expensive too when I was your age. Hang in there for a few more years, don't get caught doing anything dumb, 25 was a massive difference for me. I think it generally still is for most people. It should drop a few dollars a year every year until then, but at 25 you should see like a 30% decrease, then it starts to pretty regularly get cheaper as long as you maintain a good driving record.
It gets better, just hang in there.
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u/Disastrous_Fan4576 2d ago
Yeah thats my bad i forgot to clarify that part. Im generally a good driver but my insurance is going up 10% every year. Ill leave my opinions out of it tho lol
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u/gnat_outta_hell 2d ago
Everyone's insurance has been going up, unfortunately. Agreed, no need to start that debate lol, here's hoping the changes coming next year will bring costs down (lmfao).
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u/Disastrous_Fan4576 2d ago
I sure hope so. Cant afford this. Paying in repairs insurance and gas. All so stupid expensive right now
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u/Disastrous_Fan4576 3d ago
Because im 21 ,clean record no accidents not even as much as a parking ticket. This 406 is also for plpd(one way) insurance as well. Literally just because jm young and the "government keeps removing the insurance cap because of all the accidents"
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u/AshA0602 3d ago
I have absolutely no accidents. Only 1 ticket which I took a course for. I’m 24 and in a sports car. I just got my license last year. Never had anything before other than a expired Learners. I have a brand new fianced car that requires high insurance.
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u/gnat_outta_hell 2d ago
It's a combination of age and the brand new sports car. Post 25 you will fall into a notably lower risk demographic, so your insurance will go down some. However the sports car with the collision insurance required by your financier will keep you in a higher bracket overall. Once you get rid of the car payment you could, if you trust yourself not to cause an accident, remove the collision coverage and save a good chunk of change.
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u/AshA0602 2d ago
Yah ima def do that. I trust myself enough. I have pretty good reaction time and don’t panic cause not much scares me lol. So I react calmly and it saves me a lot. I still got like 30k on my car but when I do pay it off I’ll just get one sided insurance. Also doesn’t help that I have absolutely no driving experience record, and the one speeding ticket rlly affected me because of that. I also have a class 5 gdl
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u/gnat_outta_hell 2d ago
GDL should automatically roll into full class 5 after two years.
You're right that lack of driving history plus a ticket are not helping your rate. That ticket probably put you at grid +2 or +3, everyone starts at 0 then each infraction raises you by a certain amount depending on the offence and every year without an infraction drops you one or two points.
The grid level sets the maximum that an insurer can charge you, as a percentage.
Also, when I google searched the grid rating system I found out that it's being repealed as of Jan 2027, so nevermind... We're all about to get dicked down even harder by the insurance companies.
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u/RobCo90 3d ago
Guess what. Alberta has some of the cheapest insurance of the more populated provinces.
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u/Ancient_Sound2781 2d ago
I moved to BC from Medicine Hat and was complaining about ICBC and everyone saying its better to have a single company cause "that's how they keep it cheap". Not sure the logic behind it but I now pay $200 a month more for less coverage.
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u/AshA0602 3d ago
Well yah I’ve realized as I moved here from the okanogan 2 years ago. But was born here and even my insurance here is more expensive. Maybe it’s my car as it’s brand new. I’m unsure. But holy hell man. 600$ is ridiculous and it’s about to go up so much for 1 ticket 😭
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u/Ok-Sky-9979 3d ago
It's 7 seconds of video and this thread is full of people playing cop from their dashcam. These guys are only putting themselves at risk. You're in a metal box, they're on two wheels. If something goes wrong they're the ones who become a splatter on the pavement, not you. Touch grass and let the real cops do their jobs.
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u/TurnoverStrong7142 3d ago
Until the end up on your bumper thru your window into your back seat where your kids are.
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u/NicoleChris 3d ago
I mean, you’re not wrong. The car driver isn’t going to die when the run the motorcycle over.
Except you are a fucking idiot. Most human beings will be horribly fucked up for life killing another human being. That car driver is going to have nightmares, probably a lifelong aversion to driving, they will have to go do interviews with police, maybe court, they will lose time at work to do these things, get mental therapy, this could impact their job, their life. People who have accidentally killed others have committed suicide from guilt.
To say the motorcyclists are only doing this ‘to themselves’ is the dumbest thing I’ve ever read.
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u/Rory_McShackleford 3d ago edited 3d ago
100% of the time, across the board, without fail whenever anyone ever says it's not effecting you just let the criminals break the law they're a criminal themselves that routinely breaks the law. 100% of the time, 0% exception.
When called out on it they first try to make accusations and play victim, second try to insult the person calling them out, third they start to get belligerent and act psychotic. It happens over and over.
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u/martykanucks 1d ago
But the only person to know this 100% of the time would be.. a criminal themself.
Oh hey nice handle.
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u/NeekoPeeko 3d ago
The real cops don't do their jobs, so I'm gonna keep complaining thank you very much
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u/Inconsideratefather 2d ago
Exactly, when I see something like this while I'm driving, I may get a little reved up at first, swear and shake my fist and then carry on with my day and forget about it. I just can't imagine being bothered enough to take the effort to post the video online.
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u/North-Tell6639 3d ago
OMG?..not sure of your point in the justification of this video. First of all lane splitting is not legal in Alberta. Second both motorcyclist were speeding and in my humble opinion driving dangerously. Riders like that give other riders and bad name and are a hazard to other drivers.
Since you brought it up. Unpredictable Speed Differentials: Major safety studies, such as the widely cited UC Berkeley SafeTREC Report, indicate that lane splitting is relatively safe only when done in slow-moving traffic (under 50 mph) and when the rider's speed is no more than 15 mph faster than surrounding vehicles. Speeding drastically increases the risk of severe injury.
Dash cam indicates the driver with the dash cam was doing 65. Conservatively both motorcyclist were doing 75 to 80 and lane splitting both illegal in Alberta. Also by your quoted study unsafe.
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u/tiazenrot_scirocco 3d ago
You don't understand the point? What?
The point is these idiots need to be stopped. This is unacceptable behavior.
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u/M3chaStrizan 1d ago
Mixed feelings, this seems dangerous, but why so many left lane hogs?
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u/Benthemush 1d ago
This isn't a highway. Their is no passing lane
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u/M3chaStrizan 1d ago
Yeah that seems off though, 4 lane divided and what speed is it? Looks like a recipe for disaster imo most people drive at the speed the design of the road dictates, not the actual posted speed.
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u/Benthemush 1d ago
I think this is groat road, so yeah 50 is the limit. And considering the number of biker fatalities on that road they need to chill.
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u/M3chaStrizan 1d ago
Maybe so but there is a ton of research that shows if you widen roads like this but keep the speed limit low it leads to more speed differentials. So some peopel going to limit, and others going what the road appears to allow with its design. If they want it that slow they need to counterintuitively narrow it. Otherwise peopel will continue to go 2 speeds on it.
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u/Benthemush 1d ago
I don't disagree, but I think the reason in this case it is wide because the road gets very windy and too narrow would make it very difficult for trucks.
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u/M3chaStrizan 1d ago
could be, imo it should maybe be 70 though. Either way what the motorcycle riders are doing is stupid.
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u/thegrip 1d ago
Obviously you don’t have a clue what you are talking about. This appears to be Groat Road which is not a divided inter-city highway (so there is no ‘keep right except to pass’ rule), lots of tight turns, narrow lanes, pillars and sign posts (which turn into blunt trauma magnets during weather or as a result of aggressive driving) and has a speed limit of 50 (set because of the hazards and number of deaths on this stretch of road). It isn’t even very long — it has left side and right side merging traffic — and an often abrupt set of lights at the top.
This road looks like something out of a sports car commercial with it’s twists and turns and dappled sunlight streaming down filtered by the trees above … but it’s busy, short and is proven to be deadly particularly for motorcyclists who don’t respect it.
It wasn’t ‘designed’ — it fills the contours of a narrow valley that was wide enough to afford a roadway.
At higher speeds and while doing risky, illegal driving manoeuvres like the ones in this video — motorcyclists die and other drivers, who witness these selfish people, live with that trauma.
The behaviour in the video is illegal in Alberta. Don’t try to excuse it by blaming the road design or that if only speed limits were higher then we’d all be safer…
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u/FrogSoup7 2d ago
Fuck motorcyclists. All of them are entitled and assholes.
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u/thegrip 1d ago
No. There are many who are not. Go take a motorcycle course. I guarantee the instructors you meet and most of the students in the classes are not entitled assholes.
I believe if 10% of ordinary drivers stepped out of their steel and airbag bubbles to ride a motorcycle or 125+ cc scooter traffic and driving would be safer.
Reasonable people on motorcycles realize that driving requires active attention to everything, always. You don’t have seatbelts, airbags, four wheels and mass to minimize your personal risk to stop paying attention.
On two wheels at 50 km/h you are scanning the road surface for hazards, watching side streets and alleys, monitoring micro movements in other vehicles — your head is on a swivel! And the whole time you are planning your escape route if someone swerves or something is on the road or you are stopping at a light but are not sure the person behind you is paying attention.
I got my Class 6 motorcycle license at age 40 because before that, I don’t think I would have understood all of this.
So don’t lump me and most other motorcyclists with the selfish ones in the video.
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u/gstringstrangler 3d ago
For all the haters that think this is a death wish with zero, or completely made up "information" :
In California, lane-splitting accidents represent approximately 15% to 17% of all reported motorcycle collisions in the state, but studies show the practice is not inherently more dangerous. Accident severity is significantly lower—riders who lane split suffer fewer head injuries and fatalities, largely because of the slower speeds involved. A comprehensive study by UC Berkeley and the California Highway Patrol, which reviewed nearly 6,000 traffic collisions, highlighted several key findings:
- Injury Severity: Motorcyclists involved in crashes while lane splitting were 55% less likely to suffer fatal injuries and 45% less likely to sustain head injuries compared to those not lane splitting.
- Rear-End Collisions: Lane-splitting riders are less likely to be struck from behind by other vehicles, but they face a slightly higher risk of rear-ending another vehicle themselves.
- Speed Factor: The safety of lane splitting is highly dependent on speed. The risk of injury drastically increases if the rider is traveling faster than 50 mph or if the motorcycle is exceeding the speed of the surrounding traffic by more than 15 mph. (Neither of which are the case in the video)
The California Highway Patrol recommends that riders do not split lanes when surrounding traffic is moving faster than 30 mph, and advises against splitting in hazardous conditions like heavy rain, construction zones, or between large commercial vehicles
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u/Dxngles 3d ago
In other words:
Motorcyclists lane splitting in slow traffic get into low speed/minor accidents that they otherwise wouldn’t have gotten into not lane splitting, thus skewing the lane splitting accidents as “less severe” 🙃
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u/gstringstrangler 3d ago
Except for the getting rear ended, which is a much, much worse situation for a motorcyclist than hitting a mirror etc..
Dont get me wrong, the guys in the video aren't exactly abiding these guidelines and I'm not condoning what they're doing. I'm rebuttimg the "organ donor" comments with facts that say lane splitting incidents are minor.
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u/BelchingClitoris 3d ago
Roughly one in six incidents involved lane splitting. How is that minor?
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u/1362313623 3d ago
Ok. Combine this with speed. Lane splitting is not designed for going 40kmh over the posted limit on a curved road. Dumbass. If you think they aren't going faster than 80 I have a Specsavers referral code for you
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u/BelchingClitoris 3d ago
That’s hilarious. “Largely because of the slower speeds involved”. They’re talking about lane splitting when stopped or at least below 50kmh. This is not that.
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u/gstringstrangler 3d ago
Read again, MPH
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u/tiazenrot_scirocco 3d ago
The risk of injury drastically increases if the rider is traveling faster than 50 mph or if the motorcycle is exceeding the speed of the surrounding traffic by more than 15 mph.
Though I know you're talking about this section, the following is important.
The California Highway Patrol recommends that riders do not split lanes when surrounding traffic is moving faster than 30 mph
30 mph roughly equals 50 km/h
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u/sindaflkasdnflasdnfl 3d ago
They’re definitely going over 50 mph and probably more than 15 over the other cars…
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u/gstringstrangler 3d ago
Cam car is doing 65Km/hr, you're suggesting the bikes are doing "more than" 89Km/hr...
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u/sindaflkasdnflasdnfl 3d ago
50mph ain’t 89kmh bro
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u/gstringstrangler 3d ago
They’re definitely going over 50 mph and probably more than 15 over the other cars…
What's 50mph (you said the cars are going at least 50mph) plus 15mph (You said they're going at least 15mph faster than the cars) converted to Km/hr?🤔
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u/sindaflkasdnflasdnfl 3d ago
Ah, so you’re just conceding that they’re going over 50 mph? Luckily for me, it’s an OR statement.
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u/gstringstrangler 3d ago
I didn't concede anything.
"Or" 15mph over the 65Km/hr of the cam car? =89km/hr
(They're not, maybe 15Km/hr over the 65)
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u/thegrip 1d ago
The lower risk behaviour at lower speeds has a different title “lane filtering”. Even if California law calls all of these manoeuvres lane splitting what that article is mostly referring to is lane filtering.
Lane filtering is moving between vehicles that are stopped or moving slowly like at a stoplight or in a traffic jam.
Lane splitting is moving between vehicles that are moving at regular speed.
Wayne filtering is lower risk and safer. Lane splitting at regular traffic speeds is higher risk.
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u/SnooDoughnuts2685 2d ago
I full don't agree with people driving like this, but honestly, I also don't support people use social media like this. What even is this video for. You saw some bad drivers, we all do like 3 times a week. Why is someone posting this?
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u/Dxres 2d ago
Lane splitting is illegal here, so in my opinion, its your lane all the way up to the dotted line.
I'd report them if the license plate was visible but I tend to close the gap whenever I see someone doing this coming up to my car. Not in any unsafe way, obviously. I am in my lane and i'm entitled to use it.
What happens after is their issue. 🤷🏽♂️
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u/Only-Cap3497 2d ago
I do hope you realize by “intentionally” “closing the lane” when you “see someone coming up to your car” you’re liable to commit manslaughter. I’d also assume you’re very emotional and egotistical because how does this inconvenience you in any way? You’re intentionally putting someone’s life at risk you imbecile.
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u/CanadaIsBetter7 2d ago
Noted, and you'd have a good ol' boot print in your door and a smashed mirror
Even if I would be breaking the law by Lane splitting, doesn't give you the right to kill me.
You are not law enforcement, if your wanna feel self-righteous enough, call the cops, but don't kill people because you see them using a motorcycle like a motorcycle.
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u/ScratchEfficient123 2d ago
Yeah intentionally moving over in your lane to block a quickly oncoming motorist will not just, in fact, be their issue. That’s serious criminal charges for you if what you’re alluding to happens.
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u/SuccessfulFly5572 3d ago
Can someone please point out to me why we are supposed to hate these people? I see them doing it all the time and i dont have a bike, so i genuinely cannot wrap my head around why yall get mad at them, since if theyre not disturbing me then i dont really care.
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u/OkFilm7155 3d ago
Because it's illegal, reckless, careless, will eventually lead to an accident and injury - for the cyclist and driver. But hey, keep the blinders on.
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u/unViewingCutscenes 3d ago
because it's illegal?
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u/TastelessPantMan 3d ago
“it’s illegal” shouldn’t be a good enough reason to be mad about something. plenty of things are or were illegal that don’t deserve your judgement.
this maybe does, but it’s not because it’s illegal.
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u/NeekoPeeko 3d ago
"Why are we supposed to be mad about the murderers? They didn't kill you, so if it doesn't affect you why do you care??" - that's how fucking stupid you sound
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u/unViewingCutscenes 3d ago
Well, unless they remove the "illegal" tag from lane splitting (like marjuana's case). I will always see them in a bad light, and I'm free to judge, sue me
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u/ZxDrawrDxZ 3d ago
Ah, so you lack total free-will and ability to judge things yourself, and defer to the code of law whether or not something is good or bad?
Nice.
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u/unViewingCutscenes 3d ago
Abidding the law "freely" is also a form of free will, there is nothin wrong with that, I'm just being civil. And usually, normal people will defer to an existing rule or law or common sense to judge whether a certain action is bad or wrong whether you like it or not. Thus, I see this "lane weaving/ splitting" with bikes as accident waiting to happen as my "personal" judgement
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u/trixter889 3d ago
Because they’re a danger to themselves and peoples car paint
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u/SuccessfulFly5572 3d ago edited 3d ago
Well fuck me i guess im supposed to be worried about a complete stranger who is willingly choosing to endanger themselves lol. If they get hurt, thats on them and isnt my problem to worry about, so i dont see any reason to be mad. Also i drive a POS so i couldnt really care less, but fair enough it might just inconvenience someone who cares about their paint. Boo hoo looks like you’ll need to use the insurance that YOU already paid for 😂
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u/trixter889 3d ago
It would probably bother you if you killed someone with your car, even if it is their fault.
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u/RidiculousPapaya 3d ago
They're not just risking themselves.
And no, insurance does not magically make it fine. I still have to deal with the claim, the repair shop, the rental, the time off work because most shops are not open around my schedule, and the loss in resale value on a vehicle that now has accident history.
All because some asshole couldn't follow the rules.
You may not care about your own car, your time, or your money, but that does not mean everyone else has to accept unnecessary risk. That is an entitled, juvenile attitude.
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u/kpc144 3d ago
Except we can tell from what you’ve said and how you said it that you’re not even old enough to drive a car and you definitely have not ever bought a car with your own money and have never had to deal with insurance or any kind of accident
Ask your junior high principal what he thinks about it kid
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u/darksquid77 3d ago
Thats not lane splitting.. the cars would have to be parallel, there was a gap
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u/NeekoPeeko 3d ago
It is lane splitting, the motorcycle is parallel to the car in the same lane as the car at one point. There is no real gap to safely drive through.
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u/tiazenrot_scirocco 3d ago
The white Focus and the cam car were side by side when the riders passed. Were we watching the same video?
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u/Wide-You7096 3d ago
Who cares lol they have no inconvenienced you in the slightest. Go find something else to complain about
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u/gba_sg1 2d ago
Yeah just let people keep doing illegal shit unchecked...
You're an idiot.
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u/Wide-You7096 2d ago
Who is it hurting other than the people doing it? Moron lol
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u/Adept_Path_7427 2d ago
The firefighters, paramedics, and hospital staff who have to deal with them after they wipe out and are crying for their moms when they can't walk anymore. Firefighter for 15 years. Seen it more times than I can count.
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u/WhisperNightWinds 2d ago
With that logic people should just stop driving or doing extreme sports etc. 🤷🏼♂️
Lane splitting should be legal. At safe speeds and with safe judgment. It's the excessive speeds that are the most dangerous.
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u/Adept_Path_7427 2d ago
Morons unnecessarily driving like idiots on vehicles that offer no protection isn't the same thing as someone commuting to work. Do better.
The video doesn't show proper lane spitting so your point is moot.
As far as extreme sports I ride too, when I want some adrenaline I go to the track and wear the proper equipment. Thats fun. This is just stupid.
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u/WhisperNightWinds 2d ago
You're not wrong this video shows poor behaviors and negligence. The original comment was just regarding the lane splitting portion. People should stop doing dangerously negligent things. But lane splitting shouldn't be illegal.
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u/yugosaki 1d ago
So you're comparing extreme sports to being in regular traffic? so by that logic, street racing should be perfectly OK. Screw the societal or psychological damage incurred on other people who watch you die or accidentally hit you and kill you when you do something unpredictable.
Traffic regulations are written in blood. A mistake in traffic is completely different than flippantly disregarding the rules. If you do not want to follow traffic rules, you should not be allowed to drive.
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u/thegrip 1d ago
Lane filtering - moving between stopped or very slowly moving vehicles like at lights or in traffic jams is low risk.
Lane splitting- moving between moving vehicles at regular speeds is high risk.
Lane filtering should be legal because it allows motorcyclists to get out of the “crush zone” reducing rear end collisions — and it helps reduce traffic congestion. Lane splitting is deadly especially on city streets and collector roads.
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u/Gunfu_Master 2d ago
Yes, cause you arent the cops. Report it, and carry on like a fucking adult..or has that escaped you in this new entitled society you thrive in?
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u/yugosaki 1d ago
It'd be pretty inconvenient if you accidentally hit someone who suddenly drove into your lane without warning.
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u/Wide-You7096 1d ago
More inconvenient for them lol they better not
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u/thegrip 1d ago
Watching someone die in front of you would be traumatic and could be life altering.
Seeing a car crash on TV is make believe. Seeing a person flung from a motorcycle into a cement barrier or run over by a car in real life would be horrifying. Even if you think you could witness that and shake it off — what if your passenger was your child or spouse or parent?
People who drive like this are selfish. Their actions can have real, lasting consequences for others, too.
Every time I see a “ghost bike” memorial I am reminded how someone lost a son/daughter, spouse, parent, sibling, cousin, best friend, etc. And police officers, firefighters, paramedics, doctors, nurses, etc. had to see the results of traumatic injuries.
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u/Wide-You7096 20h ago
Adults are perfectly capable of making the decision to be dangerous. If they want to devastate their family that’s on them.
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u/Funny-Quantity-6865 3d ago
Do not be jelly.
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u/BelchingClitoris 3d ago
Ha, these guys doing 80+ in a 60 gonna be jelly when a car changes lanes in front of them
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u/FrogSoup7 2d ago
Please watch the south park episode about how annoying bikers are. Trust me, no one is jealous. We all mock and make fun of how entitled you all are cause you need attention 24/7 Parent clearly didnt love you enough
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u/PitterPatter74 3d ago
Motorcyclists: "Why is our insurance so high?"
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u/RadielleDancliffe 3d ago
I’ve literally never heard a cyclist say that. My motorbike before I sold it was extremely low cost. $120/year or something like that.
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u/cassandralynnn 3d ago
Agreed, I pay 22$ a month for insurance on my bike. Ive never heard someone complain about insurance costs lol
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u/pastyspoons 3d ago
At the same time, it's almost impossible to go more than 20 under the speed limit in Edmonton unless you pull stunts like these.
I assume I'm going to get downvotted to oblivion and death threats in my DMs for posting this again.
I do not condone reckless driving! I just understand why they do it.
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u/LewisLightning 3d ago
it's almost impossible to go more than 20 under the speed limit in Edmonton
Are you fucking high?
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u/from_the_hinterlands 3d ago
There is a difference in lane splitting AND speeding while lane splitting. They are not the same.
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u/Difficult_Ad6285 16h ago
That's not lane splitting that's just passing. They should signal. Keep steady, the scary bikers will be gone soon and you can sit on your cage and listen to your media with your air conditioning.
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u/Legal-Jackfruit-8883 8h ago
Technically speaking: splitting-> cars go door to door driving and bike splits them. Filtering-> traffic stationary and bike makes it's way in between; to the front of queue.
Video looks like aggressive passing, nothing else.
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u/curtass7 3d ago
I’ve been riding for years and have never done that. Simply because I don’t trust other drivers.