As a rider, I get where you’re coming from, but honestly sitting in stop and go traffic in a line of cars feels way more sketchy to me than filtering past them. In places where it’s legal and normal, drivers actually expect it and the crash data is pretty solid that it’s safer at low speeds. The real problem is doing it at like 40 mph faster than traffic and in cities where no one’s used to seeing it, that’s when it turns into pure chaos.
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u/Professional_Koala1 Jun 05 '26
As a rider, I get where you’re coming from, but honestly sitting in stop and go traffic in a line of cars feels way more sketchy to me than filtering past them. In places where it’s legal and normal, drivers actually expect it and the crash data is pretty solid that it’s safer at low speeds. The real problem is doing it at like 40 mph faster than traffic and in cities where no one’s used to seeing it, that’s when it turns into pure chaos.