Yeah Victoria is waiting for the state election (end of November 2014),It was the current Liberal govt that has said "NO" to lane filtering, hopefully a change of govt coming, Labor has promised to pass the lane filtering laws...
In hong kong, in the 'highway code' in the motorcycle section, they say that filtering through standing traffic is acceptable as long as you are not crossing solid white lines.
I don't know about the shoulder thing. Here in the U.S. people riding on the shoulder are considered "gutter sneaks" and are the cause of quite a few accidents, mostly to themselves, like that guy who wrecked the borrowed 1199 on YouTube. I loathe gutter sneaks and they get what they deserve. The shoulder is usually a bicycle lane and an emergency only lane on the other side of that, NOT to ever be used for passing.
In some ways I can defend that lol. A) helmet should be optional if you're 18, if you can die for your country, you should have freedom of choice if you are willing to pay the extra insurance. I think if you get pulled over and the cop checks your insurance card and it says helmet and you're not, it's insurance fraud. B) The lane splitting is old school cager mentality. If you look at states where the cops ride bikes (like CHP in CA) that's historically been why it was legal in that state, because of law enforcement.
If we lived in a country where personal responsibility/accountability was valued, I'd tend to agree with you on the mandatory helmet laws; let Darwin have his due. Not allowing lane splitting is just stupid.In some ways I can defend that lol. A) helmet should be optional if you're 18, if you can die for your country, you should have freedom of choice if you are willing to pay the extra insurance. I think if you get pulled over and the cop checks your insurance card and it says helmet and you're not, it's insurance fraud. B) The lane splitting is old school cager mentality. If you look at states where the cops ride bikes (like CHP in CA) that's historically been why it was legal in that state, because of law enforcement.
So in summary, there should be no mandatory helmet laws and lane sharing should be legal in all 50 states
Totally agree, although if it were a choice, I'd still choose to wear mineIn some ways I can defend that lol. A) helmet should be optional if you're 18, if you can die for your country, you should have freedom of choice if you are willing to pay the extra insurance. I think if you get pulled over and the cop checks your insurance card and it says helmet and you're not, it's insurance fraud. B) The lane splitting is old school cager mentality. If you look at states where the cops ride bikes (like CHP in CA) that's historically been why it was legal in that state, because of law enforcement.
So in summary, there should be no mandatory helmet laws and lane sharing should be legal in all 50 states
I would, but I can't edit my original post, so one of the mods would have to do it. I like the idea though!Can the OP make a list in the first post as the places where lane splitting is allowed is listed? Just thought it would be nice if you get a lot of entries, espacially for guys going cross states/countries as I plan this summer in Europe.
