Robert Glover turned off commenting after getting in his last word.
Robert Glover turned off commenting after getting in his last word. That's one of my biggest pet peeves on social media.
Anywho, I don't agree with lane splitting. Having sat in traffic a gazillion times in both my truck and on my motorcycle, I feel it's safer to have my allotted space in traffic than it is to split between cars.
Maybe Robert Glover has never had to sit in traffic or deal with road rage from someone who's had a bad day at work, or who's running late, or spilled their coffee on their lap and now that damned motorcyclist is jumping to the front of the line.
I don't want to lane split and have someone decide to open their car door on me, or turn into the lane to block me, or get out of their car to try and grab my handlebars or any of a dozen other ways to mess with a motorcyclist. Especially when (in Colorado and a few other states) helmets, jackets and gloves aren't mandatory and too many riders are out there without protective gear.
I don't support lane splitting. It's my opinion, but Robert Glover doesn't like my opinion, so instead of having a conversation about the subject, he turned off commenting on his post.
Well, I won't turn off commenting on this one, so feel free to discuss.
Originally shared by Rob G
There's a poll that we need to attack.. so far, the naysayers are winning. We need to reverse that! Please vote in favor of lane splitting!
http://www.autoblog.com/2013/01/16/rideapart-defends-lane-splitting-on-motorcycles-w-poll/
Anywho, I don't agree with lane splitting. Having sat in traffic a gazillion times in both my truck and on my motorcycle, I feel it's safer to have my allotted space in traffic than it is to split between cars.
Maybe Robert Glover has never had to sit in traffic or deal with road rage from someone who's had a bad day at work, or who's running late, or spilled their coffee on their lap and now that damned motorcyclist is jumping to the front of the line.
I don't want to lane split and have someone decide to open their car door on me, or turn into the lane to block me, or get out of their car to try and grab my handlebars or any of a dozen other ways to mess with a motorcyclist. Especially when (in Colorado and a few other states) helmets, jackets and gloves aren't mandatory and too many riders are out there without protective gear.
I don't support lane splitting. It's my opinion, but Robert Glover doesn't like my opinion, so instead of having a conversation about the subject, he turned off commenting on his post.
Well, I won't turn off commenting on this one, so feel free to discuss.
Originally shared by Rob G
There's a poll that we need to attack.. so far, the naysayers are winning. We need to reverse that! Please vote in favor of lane splitting!
http://www.autoblog.com/2013/01/16/rideapart-defends-lane-splitting-on-motorcycles-w-poll/
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One day I was stuck in 117 degrees with a full face helmet, jacket, riding pants, boots, and engine heat being forced back into me from my radiator fan. After an hour and 45 minutes and only having lived half a mile, I was getting faint and started feeling symptoms of heat stroke. So I said "To Hell with the law right now" and split lanes to get off the freeway and start moving again.
I made it home after another 25 minutes but was in pretty bad shape the rest of the day. So while I may agree that it's not a good idea to make a habit of it, it isn't inherently bad or unadvisable in certain situations.
I would consider using the shoulder before lane splitting, but even then, all it takes is a pissed off person to run their car into you and that "jumping the line" doesn't seem like such a good idea anymore.
Also 95 doesn't compare to 117. You know the difference between 95 and 75? Now go the other way on the thermometer. It's a huge difference and there is no doubt in my mind that I made the right decision to take the "risk" on that one occasion.
And whether or not you consider yourself having "jumped the line", I'm sure someone else, or a number of someones else, considered you a line jumper.
Whether you're at 10MPH, 3MPH or 20MPH, if a car opens it's door on you, or someone jumps out and grabs your bike, or hits you with something, the result is the same.
Not to mention, we're not talking about individuals here. We're talking about the tens of thousands of motorcyclists out there as well. Everyone thinks they're a good driver/rider, but not everyone is. One guy goes 10MPH and the next tries to slip through at 40. One guy keeps his mouth shut and another is yelling at drivers "sucks to be you" thus giving motorcylists a bad name and enraging unstable people.
The simple fact is, motorcycle riders are always at a disadvantage when confronting a cage. It's best to keep those confrontations to a minimum instead of opening the doors to more of them.
I'd like to see some cager try to grab my bike. It would be the last thing they did on this Earth. And at 10, I'm pretty sure I can avoid a car door.
Like I said, I did it once and I don't think it's a good standard practice. If it ever comes to that again, I'll be careful, but please don't go imposing your opinion onto all riding situations when you don't know what it felt like sitting in traffic that day.
I'm really surprised Robert Glover hasn't chimed in yet. I mean, this was his topic to begin with.
When you consider most accidents happen at junctions and roundabouts, especially here in the uk , splitting lane or filtering as we call it is the norm...
If ever you guys get chance get over to the isle of man, try overtaking the police at 100 mph and them not winking an eye...awesome, even better when the coppers pass you at 110 mph....
Glad I bike in the uk...although the cops here are getting pretty bad.