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Originally Posted by LittleRedNinjette
I may be incorrect but i believe lane splitting came about to prevent overheating in air cooled motorcycles... Not for special rights to be better than people in cars.
I think anyway.
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It reduces congestion & means that you're a lot less likely to be sandwiched if some idiot fails to stop.
In flowing traffic the bikes take up the same space as a car would, but when it all slows down the bikes split & that car length is freed up.
The French Federation of Angry Bikers protested a bike law by riding their bikes as if they were cars, and to the letter of the law. They brought the country to a complete standstill