I really hate posting comments....BUT for this topic....I HAVE to!! The Ministry of Transportation has a motorcycle riders handbook. There is a small paragraph which touches on, "lane splitting and filtering." The opinion of the MTO is clearly stated that, lane splitting and lane filtering are not safe practises and should not be attempted. This opinion was obviously stated by those who have never rode a motorcycle a day in their lives and the statement that it is an unsafe practise was backed up by an in depth study, conducted by an independent and unbiased party....NOT! So, basically the MTO is saying, "we have no experience riding motorcycles, we have no authority in creating laws under the Ontario Highway Traffic Act and we have no proof that lane splitting/filtering is unsafe.....BUT we just don't like the idea, so therefore, no one should do it. Welcome to fucking Canada!! The reason the MTO says it is unsafe and should not be done is because they can not say it is illegal. There is, to my knowledge, NO statute under the Ontario Highway Traffic Act that SPECIFICALLY deems "lane splitting" or "lane filtering" to be an illegal maneuver. This is why, if caught doing it, the police will charge you with a completely different offence...."stunt driving," "dangerous driving"...of the six riders in Ontario that have actually fought these completely bogus charges, all six riders had the charges thrown out and dropped in court. There has been an independent, undias study done.....the ONLY one that I know of.... The University of Berkeley in Southern California. "While inching along congested roadways, California drivers will often see motorcyclists zip by, eking out a path in the narrow space between two lanes of cars. This practice of passing other vehicles traveling in the same direction by sharing their lane is called lane-splitting, and a new report by UC Berkeley transportation researchers finds that no matter what some angry drivers might think, it does not necessarily pose a greater risk for injury. An analysis conducted by researchers from UC Berkeley’s Safe Transportation Research and Education Center (SafeTREC) found that lane-splitting is relatively safe if done in traffic moving at 50 mph or less, and if motorcyclists do not exceed the speed of other vehicles by more than 15 mph." This paragraph is just a small portion of the finds and goes into greater detail if read in its entirety. The problem with logic and fact....they eliminate all forms of argument, no one can argue with logic or fact. In Canada, we have an idiot who has been selected as the, "Minister of Public Health and Safety." This idiots main priority as such, is to show due diligence in keeping Canadians SAFE! Last year in Canada, over 200 motorcycle riders lost their lives because of "distracted driving." Over a dozen of those were sitting behind vehicles at red lights when they were crushed to death by drivers approaching the light and looking down at their cell phones. If ONE person dies, that is ONE person too many! Enforcing stricter laws for distracted driving is not going to eliminate cell phone use with driving, therefore riders are going to continue to die. Removing riders from the equation, allowing them to protect themselves by going to the front of the line, will minimize, if not completely eliminate riders from being injured or killed in this manner. "DUE DILIGENCE!!" What the hell is the Minister of Public Health and Safety waiting for, more riders to die??? The FIRST rule of riding a motorcycle is.........SAFETY!!! If you attend any course, this is the first thing you are taught.....it starts with proper gear and then continues from there. Everything you learn, everything you are taught, every maneuver, every action....it is ALL done to make you safer as a rider! Our government, in all their infinite wisdom even implemented the "graduated licensing program" for motorcycles. Their reason for this was to give riders a chance to obtain more experience before they were given the full riens. We all know the REAL reason...."money grab!" Nonetheless, they still claim it was done for, SAFETY. My question is, if there are things that we as riders can do to improve our safety while riding, why is the government putting up obstacles to prevent that from happening???? I have been driving and riding for over thirty years.....I ALWAYS filter and ALWAYS will!! In the event that I feel I am safer by lane splitting, I will and I do....I will also continue to do so. If the government won't look out for my best interest by officially legalizing lane splitting and lane filtering, then I will look out for my best interest by doing whatever keeps me safer!!!!
100% agree with you about educating the public first. Yes, there are certainly reckless bikers who don't quite use the best judgement and take unnecessary risks, but I feel that the most dangerous aspects of filtering is public attitude. Where the public knows it's safer and more efficient in traffic for everyone (not just the bikers), there seems to be a more symbiotic relationship between all motorists. Here in Quebec, people are hyper-aggressive and take it as a personal insult if you get ahead of them. Using your turn signal is not taken as communicating your next move, it's seen as a challenge to someone else's dominance of their lane and an affront to their driving skill. When I tell people here that I ride a motorcycle, quite often the first remark is "Do you drive between the cars at stop lights? I hate it when bikes do that!" Not realizing that that biker who goes to the front of the line just made that traffic light more efficient (and would smoke any car anyways, so it's not like they'd slow anyone down off the line). So yeah, long story short, make it legal, but invest in driver re-education. Cheers mate.
@@CanadianGearheadi drive in both Quebec and Ontario Daily. I have had as many vehicular homicide attempts made against me in both Province. It probably depends where and when you drive.
They should make lane filtering with the only restrictions being: staying under 25KPH and only allowed when going through traffic that is stopped or coming to a stop. That would help people from being hooligans and racing through traffic with inches of room beside.
I know things never go as smoothly as they should. But it should be ok once it's explained that us scooting through SAVES THEM as much TIME as it saves us.
Lane splitting and lane filtering actually has NOTHING to do with saving people time. It is about being safer as a rider. It is a proven fact that if done properly, splitting and filtering increases a riders safety. Honestly, I could care less about saving three tenths of a second and twenty feet for the car behind me, I would rather not become a hood ornament sitting at a red light, or get run off the road because some idiot makes a lane change illegally while on their cell phone.
I like parking my bike in the driveway after being out for a ride and going in the house to see my children and wife.....the best way for me to be able to do that is to, ride safe EVERY time I am out. Lane splitting and lane filtering keeps me safer.......that's why I do it and will continue to!!! I also carry a firearm on me most days. Too many Canadians die every year counting on the government to protect them. I am my own keeper!! If some day I have to answer in court for using my handgun to protect my life or answer in court for being charged for lane splitting/filtering.....then I guess I will deal with that if the day ever comes BUT at least I will be ALIVE to do so!!!!
Watched this a while ago, and just now watched again and realized this is KW, nice! I am from KW, I really hope filtering becomes legal, it makes total sense. Not a fan of splitting on highways though.
That's why riding a bike in the Philippines is more fun and enjoyable. The scenery alone is awesome everywhere you go. Motorcycle community is also very BIG!
Have they reopened the bridge on Victoria yet? Realized pretty much right away that you're riding through Kitchener haha. Hope you had a good St. Pattys bud
i have been driving motorcycle since early 80 and i for safety sake and for my own safety, i def would not recommand line splitting or filtering specially the way drivers are selfishing driving. Plus if you add all the distraction that a driver has, gps, radio, phone (not legal in canada) etc and the none paying attention would put a motorcycle on the loosing side. Plus while driving a car, you can notice the car moving sideway within their painted lines within their lanes. Filtering and lane splitting def not for me...
Basically its not illegal but highly discouraged. There's no law that says you can't. A cop might ticket you for dangerous driving or something but can't ticket you for lane filtering or splitting.
Ontario Ministry of Transportation Tips to ride safely Single-rider motorcycles can use High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) lanes - a much safer part of the road for them. Lane sharing, splitting and filtering are prohibited when riding a motorcycle. More safe riding tips to be aware of are: Blind spots: There is an area on each side of your motorcycle that you cannot see in your mirror. You may not see people or vehicles when they are in these blind spots. Always turn your head and check over your shoulder before you turn or change lanes. Don’t drive in another driver’s blind spot, and don’t let another vehicle drive in your blind spot - either drop back or pass the other driver.
@@Kronaphasia Lane sharing splitting and filtering are not prohibited. I just recently read the motorcycle handbook of Ontario numerous times to get my license. They are discouraged and you can't be charged with either one. They will always charge you with something else. In fact the handbook only has a short 3 sentence paragraph dedicated to the subject of splitting and filtering that basically says... It can be dangerous so don't do it.
@@ADobbin1 Essentially it is illegal. Its kinda of like saying well there is no specific law that says you can't stand on the top of the roof of a moving car & ride it like a surf board but we all know its dangerous & stupid & it falls under the category of dangerous driving, stunting & dangerous operation of a motor vehicle which are catch all charges.
"There would be so few of them that it wouldn't be a problem." LOL It only takes ONE to kill you, dude. And in Canada, he'll be out in five years IF he does any time at all. I don't trust Ontario drivers as far as I can throw a semi-truck under normal driving conditions, much less if I'm doing something that's pretty much guaranteed to piss them off.
Why do motorcycle riders think this is legal? From the Ontario Ministry of Transportation website "Tips to ride safely Single-rider motorcycles can use High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) lanes - a much safer part of the road for them. Lane sharing, splitting and filtering are prohibited when riding a motorcycle. More safe riding tips to be aware of are: Blind spots: There is an area on each side of your motorcycle that you cannot see in your mirror. You may not see people or vehicles when they are in these blind spots. Always turn your head and check over your shoulder before you turn or change lanes. Don’t drive in another driver’s blind spot, and don’t let another vehicle drive in your blind spot - either drop back or pass the other driver." And why is always squids on crotch rockets I have to deal with in downtown Toronto while riding a bicycle in the curb lane. It's dangerous enough as it is with car doors, pedestrians walking in between cars, cars not signalling & during the pandemic with curbside cafes taking up much of the lane now we have to deal with idiot squids racing up the curb lane behind us.
"Should not be legal?" Why would that be? Would it be because it has been proven to increase rider safety? Maybe you feel this way because not enough riders die every year being crushed between vehicles sitting at red lights in Canada, and for some reason you think MORE should die, before something is actually done about it? How about, you have absolutely no fact based, logical argument that could support a reason, other than YOU just don't like the idea of someone getting in front of you at a red light because you're just SO important and entitled..... I even bet, you're the kind of self entitled asshole who drives around with a cell phone in your hand AND STILL swears that you are such a good driver doing so, YOU could NEVER cause an accident. Just a wild guess..........you also voted for Trudeau as well and have never rode a motorcycle a day in your life?!?!
@@mrdirtdart2239 It isn't proven to increase rider safety, many rider accidents are caused by the rider getting cut off by someone doing a lane change. For driving to be safe for everyone, there must be rules that apply to all that share the road. Whether a bike or a car, you are a motored vehicle on the road. You follow the rules which include staying appropriately in your lane and switching lanes in an appropriate manner (signal light -> mirror check -> shoulder check -> smooth and controlled lane change). If you are worried about someone coming up from behind while stopped in traffic, you do what all drivers should do. Keep room between yourself and the vehicle in front. As cars pull up behind you and stop, you can slowly close the gap in front. In the event the person behind you doesn't look like they are going to stop, you take an escape route just as cars are expected to do. I would say that squeezing between lanes of traffic as an escape path in the event of an emergency should be the only acceptable time to do it. This is an escape path that isn't even available to cars most times as the gap is often too small for a car to fit which should make up for the lack of a safety cage that the body of a car offers but bikes lack. Don't take my word for it, here are some links. www.rideapart.com/articles/254912/10-common-motorcycle-accidents-and-how-to-avoid-them/ www.fdazar.com/10-most-common-causes-of-motorcycle-accidents/ www.thejusticeattorneys.com/our-blog/2016/december/the-10-most-common-causes-of-motorcycle-accident/ www.dolmanlaw.com/7-common-motorcycle-crashes-avoid/ Only one didn't put Lane Splitting, the other three did. They also have other situations such as 'a car turns in front of you' and 'a car makes an unsafe lane change into you'. Two situations that are more likely to occur if driving between traffic (straddling lanes).
@@joec2078 motorcycle-central.com/lane-splitting-safety-research/ "A study commissioned by the California Highway Patrol was conducted by the University of California at Berkeley between June 2012 and August 2013. 7836 motorcycle crashes were closely examined, and 1163 of them occurred while the rider was lane splitting. Riders who were lane splitting at the time of their crash, were less likely to be injured than those who weren’t. The reason for this could be that the lane splitting accidents happened at speeds between 1 to 30 mph. There were 45% less head injuries, 21% less neck injuries, 32% less torso injuries, 12% less arm or leg injuries and 55% less fatalities. The data shows the safest way to lane split is to ride at speeds of less than 30 mph, and less than 10 mph above the speed of the surrounding traffic. When these conditions are not followed, the injury rate in all categories rises. The report also shows that lane splitters were less likely to get rear-ended by another vehicle, but more likely to rear-end another vehicle."
@@mrdirtdart2239 Not in downtown Toronto..........see how safe you feel when you have a squid coming up behind you in the curb lane while riding a bicycle.
As a motor vehicle, you should be in the lane as a car would. Worried about someone coming up behind you? Keep room in front of you and have an escape route. The exact same safe driving practice taught to drivers. You calling them "entitled" is projection. You display entitlement with your comment that motorcyclist should be able to just cut in front of everyone else. Let's put it this way, if I'm at a light and I'm at the front of the line waiting for the light to turn green to go straight and someone pulls up next to me on their motorcycle in my lane with the intent to go straight, sorry but I was there first and it's my right of way. I will not yield.
sorry but that doesn't make any sense at all especially with the new generation of pedal assisted electric bikes, an average electric bike tops out at 54km/h and a high end one can do almost double that. Because they are pedal assisted they do not need registration, insurance, a driver's license, in most cities they have their own special bike lanes, and they can filter through traffic etc
Unless you’re driving a 500hp car no way you’re beating an average bike off the line. A T7 can dumpster a Mustang GT. You can “not yield” all you want but that doesn’t matter if the bike is 50 meters ahead of you before you even clear the intersection.
@@Xachremos I ride a Ninja 650. On my regular commutes I don't accelerate any faster than I do when in my SUV. Is the bike capable of doing so? Yes, but once people get experience riding/driving, acceleration is done by feel. That is, the amount of G-force felt on the body. People are all different when it comes to this. So you get some young guy in a decked out "lawn mower" who thinks he added 100 more hp by installing a new air intake and exhaust, who will likely want to feel more acceleration than the old guy on a cruiser even though the cruiser would leave the young guy's 20 year old Mitsubishi in the dust. In other words, it's all about what the rider/driver wants to do rather than what the vehicles are capable of and if my 'normal acceleration' is faster than your 'normal acceleration', you are now holding me up.
I love riding, I do what I feel is comfortable and safe. If I'm lined up at a red light and give everything she has, an f18 fighter jet doesn't have what it takes to match me off the the line. So unless your driving an a super car. Shut up.
I really hate posting comments....BUT for this topic....I HAVE to!!
The Ministry of Transportation has a motorcycle riders handbook. There is a small paragraph which touches on, "lane splitting and filtering." The opinion of the MTO is clearly stated that, lane splitting and lane filtering are not safe practises and should not be attempted. This opinion was obviously stated by those who have never rode a motorcycle a day in their lives and the statement that it is an unsafe practise was backed up by an in depth study, conducted by an independent and unbiased party....NOT!
So, basically the MTO is saying, "we have no experience riding motorcycles, we have no authority in creating laws under the Ontario Highway Traffic Act and we have no proof that lane splitting/filtering is unsafe.....BUT we just don't like the idea, so therefore, no one should do it. Welcome to fucking Canada!!
The reason the MTO says it is unsafe and should not be done is because they can not say it is illegal. There is, to my knowledge, NO statute under the Ontario Highway Traffic Act that SPECIFICALLY deems "lane splitting" or "lane filtering" to be an illegal maneuver. This is why, if caught doing it, the police will charge you with a completely different offence...."stunt driving," "dangerous driving"...of the six riders in Ontario that have actually fought these completely bogus charges, all six riders had the charges thrown out and dropped in court.
There has been an independent, undias study done.....the ONLY one that I know of.... The University of Berkeley in Southern California.
"While inching along congested roadways, California drivers will often see motorcyclists zip by, eking out a path in the narrow space between two lanes of cars. This practice of passing other vehicles traveling in the same direction by sharing their lane is called lane-splitting, and a new report by UC Berkeley transportation researchers finds that no matter what some angry drivers might think, it does not necessarily pose a greater risk for injury.
An analysis conducted by researchers from UC Berkeley’s Safe Transportation Research and Education Center (SafeTREC) found that lane-splitting is relatively safe if done in traffic moving at 50 mph or less, and if motorcyclists do not exceed the speed of other vehicles by more than 15 mph."
This paragraph is just a small portion of the finds and goes into greater detail if read in its entirety. The problem with logic and fact....they eliminate all forms of argument, no one can argue with logic or fact.
In Canada, we have an idiot who has been selected as the, "Minister of Public Health and Safety." This idiots main priority as such, is to show due diligence in keeping Canadians SAFE! Last year in Canada, over 200 motorcycle riders lost their lives because of "distracted driving." Over a dozen of those were sitting behind vehicles at red lights when they were crushed to death by drivers approaching the light and looking down at their cell phones. If ONE person dies, that is ONE person too many! Enforcing stricter laws for distracted driving is not going to eliminate cell phone use with driving, therefore riders are going to continue to die. Removing riders from the equation, allowing them to protect themselves by going to the front of the line, will minimize, if not completely eliminate riders from being injured or killed in this manner. "DUE DILIGENCE!!" What the hell is the Minister of Public Health and Safety waiting for, more riders to die???
The FIRST rule of riding a motorcycle is.........SAFETY!!! If you attend any course, this is the first thing you are taught.....it starts with proper gear and then continues from there. Everything you learn, everything you are taught, every maneuver, every action....it is ALL done to make you safer as a rider! Our government, in all their infinite wisdom even implemented the "graduated licensing program" for motorcycles. Their reason for this was to give riders a chance to obtain more experience before they were given the full riens. We all know the REAL reason...."money grab!" Nonetheless, they still claim it was done for, SAFETY. My question is, if there are things that we as riders can do to improve our safety while riding, why is the government putting up obstacles to prevent that from happening????
I have been driving and riding for over thirty years.....I ALWAYS filter and ALWAYS will!! In the event that I feel I am safer by lane splitting, I will and I do....I will also continue to do so. If the government won't look out for my best interest by officially legalizing lane splitting and lane filtering, then I will look out for my best interest by doing whatever keeps me safer!!!!
I couldn't agree more... great post!
Lane filtering and splitting is not explicitly illegal in ontario but it is highly discouraged.
100% agree with you about educating the public first. Yes, there are certainly reckless bikers who don't quite use the best judgement and take unnecessary risks, but I feel that the most dangerous aspects of filtering is public attitude. Where the public knows it's safer and more efficient in traffic for everyone (not just the bikers), there seems to be a more symbiotic relationship between all motorists. Here in Quebec, people are hyper-aggressive and take it as a personal insult if you get ahead of them. Using your turn signal is not taken as communicating your next move, it's seen as a challenge to someone else's dominance of their lane and an affront to their driving skill. When I tell people here that I ride a motorcycle, quite often the first remark is "Do you drive between the cars at stop lights? I hate it when bikes do that!" Not realizing that that biker who goes to the front of the line just made that traffic light more efficient (and would smoke any car anyways, so it's not like they'd slow anyone down off the line). So yeah, long story short, make it legal, but invest in driver re-education. Cheers mate.
You aren't kidding about Quebec drivers. I went there once... never going back
@@CanadianGearheadi drive in both Quebec and Ontario Daily. I have had as many vehicular homicide attempts made against me in both Province. It probably depends where and when you drive.
They should make lane filtering with the only restrictions being: staying under 25KPH and only allowed when going through traffic that is stopped or coming to a stop. That would help people from being hooligans and racing through traffic with inches of room beside.
That would be perfect
Like in this vid from Cali!. Posting almost 1 year later, haven't heard a peep on it ruclips.net/video/p_ephTqS8KQ/видео.html
To be fair those hooligans are probably racing through traffic with inches to spare now.
I know things never go as smoothly as they should. But it should be ok once it's explained that us scooting through SAVES THEM as much TIME as it saves us.
Lane splitting and lane filtering actually has NOTHING to do with saving people time. It is about being safer as a rider. It is a proven fact that if done properly, splitting and filtering increases a riders safety. Honestly, I could care less about saving three tenths of a second and twenty feet for the car behind me, I would rather not become a hood ornament sitting at a red light, or get run off the road because some idiot makes a lane change illegally while on their cell phone.
I like parking my bike in the driveway after being out for a ride and going in the house to see my children and wife.....the best way for me to be able to do that is to, ride safe EVERY time I am out. Lane splitting and lane filtering keeps me safer.......that's why I do it and will continue to!!! I also carry a firearm on me most days. Too many Canadians die every year counting on the government to protect them. I am my own keeper!! If some day I have to answer in court for using my handgun to protect my life or answer in court for being charged for lane splitting/filtering.....then I guess I will deal with that if the day ever comes BUT at least I will be ALIVE to do so!!!!
Rather be judged by 12 than carried by 6! Stay safe bud
Watched this a while ago, and just now watched again and realized this is KW, nice! I am from KW, I really hope filtering becomes legal, it makes total sense. Not a fan of splitting on highways though.
That's why riding a bike in the Philippines is more fun and enjoyable. The scenery alone is awesome everywhere you go. Motorcycle community is also very BIG!
Bring on... "Ride the Line" awareness. (thumbs-up)
I'm Angel & I just discovered your Canadian MotoChannel (smiles)
There should be an information commercial to educate drivers on the safety of motorcyclists.
Bicyclists do it... why not Motorcyclists 🤷♂️
Montana legalized lane filtering too.
Helll yeah man!! Good video thanks for the shoutout
No prob dude
Have they reopened the bridge on Victoria yet? Realized pretty much right away that you're riding through Kitchener haha. Hope you had a good St. Pattys bud
Haha I believe they opened it a few weeks ago
i have been driving motorcycle since early 80 and i for safety sake and for my own safety, i def would not recommand line splitting or filtering specially the way drivers are selfishing driving. Plus if you add all the distraction that a driver has, gps, radio, phone (not legal in canada) etc and the none paying attention would put a motorcycle on the loosing side. Plus while driving a car, you can notice the car moving sideway within their painted lines within their lanes. Filtering and lane splitting def not for me...
Did it become legal? I’m trying to learn the laws Canada wide
I'm not sure, I never heard anything else about it
Basically its not illegal but highly discouraged. There's no law that says you can't. A cop might ticket you for dangerous driving or something but can't ticket you for lane filtering or splitting.
Ontario Ministry of Transportation
Tips to ride safely
Single-rider motorcycles can use High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) lanes - a much safer part of the road for them.
Lane sharing, splitting and filtering are prohibited when riding a motorcycle.
More safe riding tips to be aware of are:
Blind spots: There is an area on each side of your motorcycle that you cannot see in your mirror. You may not see people or vehicles when they are in these blind spots. Always turn your head and check over your shoulder before you turn or change lanes. Don’t drive in another driver’s blind spot, and don’t let another vehicle drive in your blind spot - either drop back or pass the other driver.
@@Kronaphasia Lane sharing splitting and filtering are not prohibited. I just recently read the motorcycle handbook of Ontario numerous times to get my license. They are discouraged and you can't be charged with either one. They will always charge you with something else. In fact the handbook only has a short 3 sentence paragraph dedicated to the subject of splitting and filtering that basically says... It can be dangerous so don't do it.
@@ADobbin1 Essentially it is illegal. Its kinda of like saying well there is no specific law that says you can't stand on the top of the roof of a moving car & ride it like a surf board but we all know its dangerous & stupid & it falls under the category of dangerous driving, stunting & dangerous operation of a motor vehicle which are catch all charges.
"There would be so few of them that it wouldn't be a problem." LOL It only takes ONE to kill you, dude. And in Canada, he'll be out in five years IF he does any time at all. I don't trust Ontario drivers as far as I can throw a semi-truck under normal driving conditions, much less if I'm doing something that's pretty much guaranteed to piss them off.
i have lane split enough times in and around toronto it is what it is
2:15 nothin but a fact right there
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A simple "No" would have been fine but ahhhh
Been on bikes in dozens of country's
Since 83
Legal or not, I don't like it.
And u made an illegal turn in the first 5 seconds of the video
Yup, he was suppose to enter the closest lane and then switch lanes.
Just like playing Russian Roulette . Last bike was 1500 Boulevard would never lane split , but then i also drove truck for 40 yrs
Why do motorcycle riders think this is legal?
From the Ontario Ministry of Transportation website
"Tips to ride safely
Single-rider motorcycles can use High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) lanes - a much safer part of the road for them.
Lane sharing, splitting and filtering are prohibited when riding a motorcycle.
More safe riding tips to be aware of are:
Blind spots: There is an area on each side of your motorcycle that you cannot see in your mirror. You may not see people or vehicles when they are in these blind spots. Always turn your head and check over your shoulder before you turn or change lanes. Don’t drive in another driver’s blind spot, and don’t let another vehicle drive in your blind spot - either drop back or pass the other driver."
And why is always squids on crotch rockets I have to deal with in downtown Toronto while riding a bicycle in the curb lane. It's dangerous enough as it is with car doors, pedestrians walking in between cars, cars not signalling & during the pandemic with curbside cafes taking up much of the lane now we have to deal with idiot squids racing up the curb lane behind us.
Should be illegal.
Should not be legal.
"Should not be legal?" Why would that be? Would it be because it has been proven to increase rider safety? Maybe you feel this way because not enough riders die every year being crushed between vehicles sitting at red lights in Canada, and for some reason you think MORE should die, before something is actually done about it?
How about, you have absolutely no fact based, logical argument that could support a reason, other than YOU just don't like the idea of someone getting in front of you at a red light because you're just SO important and entitled.....
I even bet, you're the kind of self entitled asshole who drives around with a cell phone in your hand AND STILL swears that you are such a good driver doing so, YOU could NEVER cause an accident.
Just a wild guess..........you also voted for Trudeau as well and have never rode a motorcycle a day in your life?!?!
By your lack of response.....exactly as I thought!! Educate yourself and get over your self entitlement!!
@@mrdirtdart2239 It isn't proven to increase rider safety, many rider accidents are caused by the rider getting cut off by someone doing a lane change. For driving to be safe for everyone, there must be rules that apply to all that share the road. Whether a bike or a car, you are a motored vehicle on the road. You follow the rules which include staying appropriately in your lane and switching lanes in an appropriate manner (signal light -> mirror check -> shoulder check -> smooth and controlled lane change). If you are worried about someone coming up from behind while stopped in traffic, you do what all drivers should do. Keep room between yourself and the vehicle in front. As cars pull up behind you and stop, you can slowly close the gap in front. In the event the person behind you doesn't look like they are going to stop, you take an escape route just as cars are expected to do. I would say that squeezing between lanes of traffic as an escape path in the event of an emergency should be the only acceptable time to do it. This is an escape path that isn't even available to cars most times as the gap is often too small for a car to fit which should make up for the lack of a safety cage that the body of a car offers but bikes lack.
Don't take my word for it, here are some links.
www.rideapart.com/articles/254912/10-common-motorcycle-accidents-and-how-to-avoid-them/
www.fdazar.com/10-most-common-causes-of-motorcycle-accidents/
www.thejusticeattorneys.com/our-blog/2016/december/the-10-most-common-causes-of-motorcycle-accident/
www.dolmanlaw.com/7-common-motorcycle-crashes-avoid/
Only one didn't put Lane Splitting, the other three did. They also have other situations such as 'a car turns in front of you' and 'a car makes an unsafe lane change into you'. Two situations that are more likely to occur if driving between traffic (straddling lanes).
@@joec2078 motorcycle-central.com/lane-splitting-safety-research/
"A study commissioned by the California Highway Patrol was conducted by the University of California at Berkeley between June 2012 and August 2013. 7836 motorcycle crashes were closely examined, and 1163 of them occurred while the rider was lane splitting. Riders who were lane splitting at the time of their crash, were less likely to be injured than those who weren’t. The reason for this could be that the lane splitting accidents happened at speeds between 1 to 30 mph. There were 45% less head injuries, 21% less neck injuries, 32% less torso injuries, 12% less arm or leg injuries and 55% less fatalities. The data shows the safest way to lane split is to ride at speeds of less than 30 mph, and less than 10 mph above the speed of the surrounding traffic. When these conditions are not followed, the injury rate in all categories rises. The report also shows that lane splitters were less likely to get rear-ended by another vehicle, but more likely to rear-end another vehicle."
@@mrdirtdart2239 Not in downtown Toronto..........see how safe you feel when you have a squid coming up behind you in the curb lane while riding a bicycle.
As a motor vehicle, you should be in the lane as a car would. Worried about someone coming up behind you? Keep room in front of you and have an escape route. The exact same safe driving practice taught to drivers. You calling them "entitled" is projection. You display entitlement with your comment that motorcyclist should be able to just cut in front of everyone else. Let's put it this way, if I'm at a light and I'm at the front of the line waiting for the light to turn green to go straight and someone pulls up next to me on their motorcycle in my lane with the intent to go straight, sorry but I was there first and it's my right of way. I will not yield.
sorry but that doesn't make any sense at all especially with the new generation of pedal assisted electric bikes, an average electric bike tops out at 54km/h and a high end one can do almost double that. Because they are pedal assisted they do not need registration, insurance, a driver's license, in most cities they have their own special bike lanes, and they can filter through traffic etc
Then you are one of those dangerous drivers who kills bikers. Only you will do it on purpose instead of by accident.
Unless you’re driving a 500hp car no way you’re beating an average bike off the line. A T7 can dumpster a Mustang GT. You can “not yield” all you want but that doesn’t matter if the bike is 50 meters ahead of you before you even clear the intersection.
@@Xachremos I ride a Ninja 650. On my regular commutes I don't accelerate any faster than I do when in my SUV. Is the bike capable of doing so? Yes, but once people get experience riding/driving, acceleration is done by feel. That is, the amount of G-force felt on the body. People are all different when it comes to this. So you get some young guy in a decked out "lawn mower" who thinks he added 100 more hp by installing a new air intake and exhaust, who will likely want to feel more acceleration than the old guy on a cruiser even though the cruiser would leave the young guy's 20 year old Mitsubishi in the dust. In other words, it's all about what the rider/driver wants to do rather than what the vehicles are capable of and if my 'normal acceleration' is faster than your 'normal acceleration', you are now holding me up.
I love riding, I do what I feel is comfortable and safe. If I'm lined up at a red light and give everything she has, an f18 fighter jet doesn't have what it takes to match me off the the line. So unless your driving an a super car. Shut up.