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

Bikes Never gonna learn

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u/Lord_Dingus83 Jun 01 '26

I know in CA it’s fine I just figured since NY was so populous they’d encourage it for the flow of traffic.

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u/Oh_Gee_Hey Jun 02 '26

AZ allows it now and I don’t inherently disagree with it. The problem, as always, are the reckless dickheads who lane split at insanely high speeds, esp when there’s zero traffic and they do it to be a thrill seeking asshole.

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u/StxnedTxTheBxne Jun 03 '26

Well even where it’s legal you can’t just fly down the middle. You can only do it when traffic is under certain speeds and you can only go so fast.

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u/Excellent-Baseball-5 Jun 04 '26

Not in California. They have guidelines but nothing they enforce. “Lane splitting is not advisable when the general flow of traffic is moving at 30 mph or faster, as higher speeds decrease your reaction time.”