The Filtering Revolution

gloverintl

gloverintl

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I'm sick and tired of living with a law that says we are NOT to filter at traffic lights. It is unsafe to Not filter. Motorcyclists should be encouraged by the law to filter, to NOT be a sitting target while waiting for a red light.
I would like for US to be united, in an effort to compile as much info as we can find, to combat this ignorance. Use this thread to build a stockpile of sensible intelligent arguments to fight the shortsighted, ludicrous, irrational bureaucracy that insists on keeping us in danger.
Please leave your stories, articles, studies, videos, photos, etc.
These laws have been around for a long time. It's time to do something about it.
My goal is to eventually have enough compiled information, to give any judge pause, and to have the wealth of proof that can be used as a tool in court or in city hall.
I need your help. Let's make a change.
 
Show them Australia's reasoning behind it, it was recently made legal, so a relevant precedent, albeit another country.

Can you guys draw any data from CA where it's legal vs somewhere else comparable and demonstrate safety?
 
Traffic codes are written by the state. That said if a few more fair weather states can get it to pass, then it may trickle down to others. You could draw similarities to the passage of marijuana laws currently going on. Just need a senator to sponsor it.
 
I didn't realise you couldn't filter in France. That was a superb rally. Don't think the first car was going to get any joy in trying to bully his way past
 
They all filter within the Periphique though. And often car drivers will pull over to the side to allow a bike to safely pass on two way roads.
 
I kind of wish Switzerland would update their laws too, but the roads are often very narrow and if it's legal then you couldn't tell the real bikers from the weekend wannabes.
 
If filtering wasn't legal in the UK, I'd use my bike only at the weekends. Because if I used it during the week, a 20 minute journey would become an hour [those poor, deluded cagers...]
 
Filtering is only legal because there isn't a law against it. That may change very soon. A law made it through assembly and needs to pass the Senate then be signed by the Governor. IMO, splitting should be legal nationwide. Safety studies have shown it would save hundreds of lives. Arguments against it most often cite reckless riding as the reason not to do it. Well, a small percentage of riders already ride reckless and a law for or against splitting isn't going to change that. The law isn't going to suddenly make thousands more riders magically transform into reckless dickheads.
 
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