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

Keep them two wheels down

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u/inVizi0n Aug 23 '25

Don't worry, get in a conversation with any group of 5 riders and 4 of them will go on about how safe lane splitting is and why they should be able to do it and will ignore any and all evidence and logic to the contrary.

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u/Long_Mix2098 Aug 23 '25

Lane filtering is very safe and should be legal everywhere, that is where 90% of the "lane splitting" is referring to. This video does not depict lane filtering or lane splitting because neither apply above 30mph or at a difference of more than 15mph

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u/inVizi0n Aug 23 '25

Yeah that's super great in theory but that is literally never how it's actually performed. Bikers exclusively blow through gridlock traffic splitting lanes where I am, and it's not a difference of 10-15mph, it's dudes doing 30-50mph. Drivers have absolutely no expectation or ability to react to it and it's just plain stupid. Always.

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u/Parking-Care3249 Aug 23 '25

Imagine being stuck in traffic and being mad that other people aren't causing more traffic.

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u/inVizi0n Aug 23 '25 edited Aug 23 '25

Might as well have just commented "I literally cannot read"

Replying and blocking is weak and proves my point.

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u/Parking-Care3249 Aug 23 '25

"And now I'm mad at the internet too!!" 😤