Motorcycles going between cars

[sdmichael]

Perhaps you should read HB Elkins remarks about his wishing for DEATH upon other road users, first.

And I did that where, exactly? You really are about as dense as a box of rocks.

...before you're banned, HBElkins? ... Be aware your posts have been reported.

Oh, I'm soooooo scared.

Let me ask you something. How long have you been around the roadgeek community? Were you there in the early days of MTR? Where's your website with thousands of pictures? How many meets have you been to or hosted? In other words, who are you?

California's given the country a lot of bad ideas. Lane-splitting is one of them. Please, keep it out there. It's not wanted around here.

Hmm... had the same website since 1995... I have thousands of photos... was on MTR long ago... yeah... I'm "nobody". What difference does that make, exactly? You know nothing about me yet you persist in calling me an asshole, among others things. Do research and STOP with the acts of aggression against others. Wishing death upon others, using profanities, promoting road rage, and threatening harm upon others is uncalled for, period. Call me whatever names you wish, but promoting acts of violence against others WILL NOT BE TOLERATED AT ALL. It is uncalled for. This isn't a forum to vent your road rage and to threaten others. It is not humorous in the least. IS THAT UNDERSTOOD? I have ZERO TOLERANCE for such things.

In case you haven't noticed, I don't really care who started what or why. Promoting acts of violence or threatening others with violence is not to be condoned nor tolerated, period. I have not done so, nor will I do so.

[myosh_tino]

Or... to put in in another way... Come to California... sit in traffic. I'll split lanes past you and laugh my ass off that you're still stuck in traffic. Try to "stop" me and use your vehicle as weapon, you'll be sitting in jail... I'll still be splitting lanes.

I might just choose to conveniently dump the contents of a soft drink cup out my window as you come by riding the white line. Or if I smoked, I might toss a lit butt out the window.

Ok, that last statement is probably the most irresponsible thing I've heard given the fact that there are hundreds, if not thousands of people who are homeless because of two large wildfires burning in northern and central California (http://cdfdata.fire.ca.gov/incidents/incidents_details_info?incident_id=1221 and http://cdfdata.fire.ca.gov/incidents/incidents_details_info?incident_id=1226).  Granted these fires were not started because of a tossed cigarette butt but to say you'd do it to stop a lane splitter is just plain irresponsible. 

Now, to get back on topic, am I annoyed/angered by lane splitters?  No, if they followed the guidelines provided (and subsequently removed) by the CHP, most notably when speed of traffic is less than 30 MPH with a differential of 10 MPH or less.  The ones that get me angry are the idiots that lane split when traffic is flowing freely doing 70+ MPH.

It should be noted that the only reason lane splitting is legal in California is because there are no laws that explicitly ban the practice.  The California Highway Patrol took the stance that lane splitting is legal if done safely.  There was a bill in the California legislature (AB 51) that would have formally legalized lane splitting but was tabled by the author until 2016 to iron out some of the kinks.

[jeffandnicole]

It should be noted that the only reason lane splitting is legal in California is because there are no laws that explicitly ban the practice.

Technically, it's explicitly permitted.  If California took out the language that allows 2 vehicles to occupy the same lane at the same time, then it'll be illegal.

[hbelkins]

Wishing death upon others

And I did that where, exactly? I didn't. That's why you are so annoying. You're imagining things and putting words in my mouth.

[sdmichael]

Wishing death upon others

And I did that where, exactly? I didn't. That's why you are so annoying. You're imagining things and putting words in my mouth.

How about this? They are your words, bolded and underlined for emphasis. Sounds like you wished them serious injury or death to me. They were idiots and weren't "lane splitting". Just stop dude. Just stop. This isn't your road rage vent fest.

"Re: Motorcycles going between cars
« Reply #7 on: September 01, 2015, 09:02:44 PM »
ReplyQuote
I saw two crotch rockets passing a truck on the paved shoulder in a curve on northbound KY 15 between Hazard and Jackson today. Too bad there wasn't a disabled vehicle parked there for them to slam into.

Lane-splitting is stupid and dangerous and should be illegal everywhere."

[signalman]

Wishing death upon others

And I did that where, exactly? I didn't. That's why you are so annoying. You're imagining things and putting words in my mouth.

How about this? They are your words, bolded and underlined for emphasis. Sounds like you wished them serious injury or death to me. They were idiots and weren't "lane splitting". Just stop dude. Just stop. This isn't your road rage vent fest.

"Re: Motorcycles going between cars
« Reply #7 on: September 01, 2015, 09:02:44 PM »
ReplyQuote
I saw two crotch rockets passing a truck on the paved shoulder in a curve on northbound KY 15 between Hazard and Jackson today. Too bad there wasn't a disabled vehicle parked there for them to slam into.

Lane-splitting is stupid and dangerous and should be illegal everywhere."

Pardon me, but allow me to interject.  First off,  hb's quote that you bolded and underlined mentions nothing about death.  Just by hoping that the riders encounter an object to slam into, it doesn't mean said riders will die.  Chances are, they won't fare well, but it isn't certain that they will die.  Second, it's only human nature for a person to hope for negative results to something they're opposed to.  I doubt anyone has or ever will say something like, "Gee, I hope those motorcyclists successfully pass that truck on the shoulder so they can go on to commit similar acts down the road."

[jakeroot]

First off,  hb's quote that you bolded and underlined mentions nothing about death.  Just by hoping that the riders encounter an object to slam into, it doesn't mean said riders will die.

Second, it's only human nature for a person to hope for negative results to something they're opposed to.  I doubt anyone has or ever will say something like, "Gee, I hope those motorcyclists successfully pass that truck on the shoulder so they can go on to commit similar acts down the road."

Wishing death upon someone simply because you're opposed to their way of life is pretty heinous. And don't get me wrong, I love a good off-color joke; dark comedy is my favorite. But unless HB plans on stepping in at some point, and declaring his statement a joke, I reserve some right to take him seriously.

[SSOWorld]

Locking - Calm down people