[Rick Lee]

I ride and drive a lot in CA, several thousand miles a year on the bike and in rental cars. I love the lane splitting. But I think it only works in the CA because most drivers there are used to it and give the bikes some room. Every time I pick up a rental car at the airport in CA, I totally forget about the lane splitting until I see a bike shoot past me on the hwy. I can't bring myself to do it at any more than 40mph, and even then, I'll usually wait for another group of bikes to pass by and then fall in behind them. But I've been stuck in some traffic jams in AZ in scorching heat and just decided I had to lane split out of there before I passed out. I'd like for that to at least be legal.