Has to be. I've NEVER seen it until I went to Cali last year.... and to this day I don't understand how/why it's even legal there.
And how was the driver wrong? He was at a red light, sitting completely still..... he shouldn't have knocked buddy off his bike, but he wasn't putting anybody in danger by getting a quick tweet out at the Red. lol
Study shows lane splitting is safe then sitting in traffic and having someone rear end a motorcycle. A lot of stop and go in this state add distracted drivers and chances for rear ending a bike is higher than if a bike keeps moving.
There are speed regulations to lane splitting too. And you can only go a certain MPH.
i did feel the motorcyclist was going slow, sort of speeding up, slowing down.
Look at how far the silver car is ahead.
I dont agree with what happened, but dude cussed at him, and was going slow and continually looking back...appears he was F!!!n around in a lose-lose situation.
has the driver been caught?
Sheriff station is two blocks over. He could have been doing 45 and slowed down to 40 or 35.
The silver car went ahead doesn't mean he was driving slow. Silver car could've been driving fast. It takes time for motorcyclist to take off at a red light not as instant as an automatic car.