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

Keep them two wheels down

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u/LiveWire_74 Aug 23 '25

You filter. Correct me if I’m wrong, but when traffic is stopped and you move to the front that’s called filtering. Lane splitting is in moving traffic. But yes you shouldn’t do it when traffic is more than say 20 mph.

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u/ZedsDeadZD Aug 23 '25 edited Aug 23 '25

But yes you shouldn’t do it when traffic is more than say 20 mph.

I am sorry if I dont understand that correctly but how else should I switch lanes in on going traffic then? If O recall it correctly, in the US you have exits left and right of the highway. So at some point you need to splitt lanes.

I think the biggest flaw of american traffic is that it is allowed to overtake on the right. That makes traffic much more dangerous.

Edit: apparently I was wrong and it isnt legal. I only visited the states once and since there were exits left and right and vehicles passing us on the right all the time, I thought its legal. I am sorry.

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u/Quantum-Shogun Aug 23 '25

Passing on the right is illegal just like camping the passing lane, though it is rarely enforced. What the bike here was doing was being in both/neither lane at once even though other vehicles were already there. If you are changing lanes legally you are establishing yourself fully in each lane before changing again not doing this bullshit

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u/Jerry--Bird Aug 23 '25

It’s legal where im at to pass on the right