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   On 12/3/2025 5:03 PM, Don Y wrote:   
   > I find this unnerving.  Mainly because you don't EXPECT people in   
   > those places!   
   >   
   > How widespread is this, elsewhere?   
      
   All lane filtering/lane splitting is Illegal in Massachusetts, not that   
   it matters. The ~25% of motorcyclists who aren't nuts don't do it and   
   the other 75% seem to pretty much do whatever they want, anyway.   
      
   I can see why it's legal out West the lanes are huge, the roads are   
   straight and laid out in a sensible way, probably actually helps with   
   biker safety, depending.   
      
   But in compact cities with tight winding roads like Boston, Providence,   
   and Worcester it seems like a good way to die. Sort of like how riding   
   any kind of two wheel vehicle in those cities seems to me. I've never   
   seen a motorcyclist pulled over that I can recall, the police here seem   
   to take a let-God-sort-them-out approach to bikers and traffic laws.   
      
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