[gertlex]

I'm piling on at this point, but I appreciate that this got me to go read and learn a few more things (that the internet says are true, anyways).

Lane splitting has never been illegal in CA, but is apparently illegal in all other US states. (Having been in CA for about 10 years, I've gotten used to it, but think it's still crazy. Definitely have seen it on highways in the midwest before that, too)

This link was informative: https://www.kqed.org/news/11680481/10-things-you-need-to-kno...

Basically, not illegal; the 2016 law passed just said, "CA Highway Patrol can make guidelines", which was in response to a previous attempt by the CHP to give those guidelines. Helpfully the article includes those guidelines, too.

[throw0101b]

> Lane splitting has never been illegal in CA, but is apparently illegal in all other US states.

Splitting and filtering are legal in other US states:

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lane_splitting#Legal_status_in...

[bsder]

When traffic is really slow, lane splitting is really useful. A splitting motorcycle can easily be moving 2x to 3x the speed of cars sitting in a jam.

However, I agree that lane splitting gets more and more dangerous as traffic starts flowing faster.