From: jl@glen--canyon.com   
      
   On Thu, 4 Dec 2025 04:47:16 -0700, Don Y    
   wrote:   
      
   >On 12/4/2025 3:58 AM, Carlos E.R. wrote:   
   >> On 2025-12-03 23:03, Don Y wrote:   
   >>> I find this unnerving.  Mainly because you don't EXPECT people in   
   >>> those places!   
   >>>   
   >>> How widespread is this, elsewhere?   
   >>   
   >> I had to google the expression, "lane filtering". Ok. But where does the   
   >> expression come from?   
   >   
   >"Lane splitting" refers to operating a motorcycle BETWEEN established   
   >traffic lanes.  Effectively riding *on* the painted lines on the pavement   
   >that separate said lanes.   
   >   
   >This happens "at speed" -- the motorcyclist imagines an arbitrarily thin lane   
   >between the "automobile lanes" and exploits it to move through traffic   
   >more quickly.  Of course, still (?) obeying posted speed limits, etc.   
   >   
   >Lane *filtering* addresses the same practice but in the case where the   
   >traffic is stopped (like at a traffic signal) or barely crawling.   
   >   
   >Here, motion is allowed if not exceeding 15MPH (whereas the speed limit on   
   >most roads "in town" is 45MPH).  The thinking being that the motorcyclist   
   >should be exercising caution as he moves through the stopped traffic.   
      
   google says that motorcyclists are 28 times more likely than car   
   drivers to die, per mile,   
      
      
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