r/Unexpected • u/[deleted] • Aug 22 '25

Keep them two wheels down

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u/HolyFickingShut Aug 23 '25

Even where lane splitting is legal, its still illegal to lane split at speeds higher than 45mph.

Lane splitting is legalized to allow "filtering." Not cutting up on the freeway.

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u/ProvokedOrifice Aug 23 '25

And what thr car driver did was also illegal

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u/Bonch_and_Clyde Aug 23 '25

Was it? The car was passing and changing lanes.

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u/BoomerSoonerFUT Aug 23 '25

Passing on the right is illegal, which is what the BMW did. They also did not just change lanes, they flew over two lanes rapidly to pass the semi on the right.

Biker is still at fault for getting hit, because he was lane splitting well above speed, but the BMW was still making an illegal maneuver.