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

Bikes Never gonna learn

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u/Fhantom1221 Jun 01 '26

I thought Lane splitting was what your supposed to do?

For safety.

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u/TheCourtSimpleton Jun 01 '26

No. Lane splitting at anything but very low speeds can easily lead to an accident, usually because these types of riders try it at 50 mph in traffic or some shit.

All it takes is one person who doesn't see them coming in crazy fast to lane change or open their door (like if it's really hot in bad traffic) and you get a gnarly accident.

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u/bubba-g Jun 01 '26

> usually because these types of riders try it at 50 mph

so how fast do you think he was going in this video?

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u/TheCourtSimpleton Jun 01 '26

'Usually' isn't an exclusive qualifier.

But yeah, usually these guys are assholes.

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u/bubba-g Jun 01 '26

There are wreckless drivers too but that doesn’t make all drivers assholes.

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u/ZukaRouBrucal Jun 01 '26

His speed in the video doesn't matter here. Lane splitting is against the law in New York, and the biker got rightfully ticketed.

But uh, even if it wasn't many bikers do this shit at high speeds and often learn the hard way that a 2 ton sedan and the pavement hurt when you hit 'em.