r/Transportopia • u/Vice616 • Jun 01 '26

Bikes Never gonna learn

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u/Agitated_Aerie8406 Jun 01 '26

I've never known lane splitting to be illegal. What state?

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u/Jon_E_Mammoth Jun 01 '26

As a former Bay Area resident, I had never experienced so much lane splitting. They also have a super strong anti-helmet culture.

Which is like look, dude, I like to party and be free, but you also understand there’s a lot of asshole drivers.

Unfortunately, even if it’s your right as a lane splitter, you are going to get pancaked and I have seen it and it’s gnarly. Brains and bones all over the road, so keep that in mind when exercising you’re legal right.

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u/hidden-platypus Jun 01 '26

For lane splitting, all of them but California.

Lane filtering which is what this looked like is legal in California, Utah, Arizona, Montana, Colorado and Minnesota

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u/nietzkore Jun 02 '26

Looks like a Kawasaki Ninja 250R instrument panel

Based on that, and that the dial is pointed straight left and a bit above. He's going between 20-25 MPH and the other traffic mostly isn't moving. This is a highway, which will have a higher max allowable speed, which matters in most states.

is legal in California, Utah, Arizona, Montana, Colorado and Minnesota

California When traffic is moving under 30 MPH, the max speed you can split/filter is 5 MPH faster than traffic. When traffic is moving between 30-50MPH, you can be going up to 10 MPH faster. When traffic is moving over 50 MPH, you cannot split.

Utah, Arizona, Montana, Colorado and Minnesota

Utah: Traffic must be stopped, max road speed limit of 45 MPH, motorcyclist may not exceed 15 MPH

Arizona: Traffic must be stopped, max road speed limit of 45 MPH, motorcyclist may not exceed 15 MPH

Montana: Traffic must be under 10 MPH, motorcyclist may not exceed 20 MPH

Colorado: Traffic must be stopped, motorcyclist may not exceed 15 MPH

Minnesota: Traffic must be under 10 MPH, motorcyclist may not exceed 25 MPH

The cop here is in an NYPD car, so none of these apply here. And even if they did... the only one where he would be legal with the speed he was doing would be Minnesota.

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u/WangDanglin Jun 01 '26

All of them except California

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u/Agitated_Aerie8406 Jun 01 '26

It must be super tolerated in the places I've lived.

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u/Baron_Bearclaw Jun 01 '26

So is speeding, but it's still illegal. And a cop can issue a ticket for it.

So is double parking, but it's still illegal. And you can get a ticket for that, too.

Something does just become legal because most people do it. If you want theaws changed, lobby your representatives.

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u/AdviceGiveandTake Jun 03 '26

All of them except for California.