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Originally Posted by Highlander179
as a biker in NJ, you are misinformed. Lane splitting is legal in NJ the same way it is legal in CA. There is no law that prohibits the action of lane splitting, lane sharing, or filtering. It was shown in the Hurt Report that it is actually safer to lane split in stop and go than not because of the reasons mentioned above(ie. accordian effect, rear-enders). As a biker, you've read the Hurt Report, haven't you?
Which type of accident concerns you more, getting bumped on the side, or getting rear ended and driven into the car in front of you? Seriously.
Have you ever even looked at how much space there is between 2 cars on the freeway? I can lane split with both arms stretched out and not touch the cars to each side in most cases.
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I have never heard of the HURT report...but I have been pulled over by State Troopers quite a few times for lane splitting on rt 80 (apparently ALL bikes look the same, so they just pull them all off) and been told quite clearly that it is Careless driving at the least and even can be considered Reckless driving. They made it absolutley clear to me that it was illegal... I cannot see where it can be legal, even if there is no specific law against it, that is the same as saying doin' a burnout is legal...no law says it isn't, so they slap Careless on you as a catch all.
I don't even ride to work because of it, I am a VERY conservative rider, I ride like everyone is trying to kill me, so I always prefer to err in the overly caustious side. Maybe the troopers here are hard asses, just the same, I think it's nuts.
Don't take it as being arguementitive, I just hate to see wrecks. 8 people died on the roads by me this summer already and I just don't want to join them. (they all were riding way over their heads)