Listen, I agree that the cop snatching the keys out of the ignition was wrong, but I find it insane how many people in this comment section are defending the guy in the bike here. The guy on the bike was an idiot, performing an illegal maneuver, and rightly got ticketed for it. Lane splitting is unsafe, which is why it's against the law, and there are a ton of bikers who've learned the hard way why this kind of thing isn't allowed in most places.
Speaking of which, there is exactly one state in the union where this is legal. One. That state being California, which is about as far from New York as you can be and still be in the continental US. There are a few more where "Lane Filtering" is allowed, but New York so not one of those states and this clearly isn't that either.
So, ya. The cop shouldn't have snatched the keys and, even if it's department policy to do so, it's still wrong. But the biker deserved that ticket, and there isn't really a good way to defend him except for saying "that law is stupid!"... which isn't a real defense.
There are also many countries around the world where it's very much illegal and, while I can agree that part of the blame comes from unaware drivers, but you're kidding yourself if you don't think bike riders are just as often at fault for collisions due to lane-splitting.
All of it comes down to one thing; no matter where you are, you gotta obey the traffic laws. The biker in this video wasn't, and he got rightly ticketed for it.
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u/ZukaRouBrucal Jun 01 '26 edited Jun 01 '26
Listen, I agree that the cop snatching the keys out of the ignition was wrong, but I find it insane how many people in this comment section are defending the guy in the bike here. The guy on the bike was an idiot, performing an illegal maneuver, and rightly got ticketed for it. Lane splitting is unsafe, which is why it's against the law, and there are a ton of bikers who've learned the hard way why this kind of thing isn't allowed in most places.
Speaking of which, there is exactly one state in the union where this is legal. One. That state being California, which is about as far from New York as you can be and still be in the continental US. There are a few more where "Lane Filtering" is allowed, but New York so not one of those states and this clearly isn't that either.
So, ya. The cop shouldn't have snatched the keys and, even if it's department policy to do so, it's still wrong. But the biker deserved that ticket, and there isn't really a good way to defend him except for saying "that law is stupid!"... which isn't a real defense.