Car Skipping...

Hey there Guys and Girls!. ( Sound like something that Krusty the Clown
would say lol )

Ive been riding on and off for a few years now, and still i cant find out
from anyone if Car Skipping at a set of lights etc is permitted by the law?
Can you help? Im not sure if you call it Lane Splitting or Car Skipping,
whatever it is... Is it against the law? where can i find this rule??

Thanks!.

-Whitey

 

Lanespilting

oh....its a can of worms...

in Vic is suppose to be legal if the cars are stationary...

but no-one can seem to find the law to say it is or inst.....

Marty

 

In aus.motorcycles on Sun, 1 May 2005 00:12:01 +1000

In most states there is no law that specifically describes the action
and bans it.

There are laws that describe what is a legal passing manouver.

If you can lanesplit without once having your wheels between a car's
passenger door and the white lanemarking line, you could argue that what
you did was a legal passing move. Otherwise you are "passing on the
left" which is illegal.

In practical terms, don't commit the offence of "Deliberate stupidy in a
public place" and you'll be mostly OK. Meaning if there is a cop, only
split if it's very safe and simple to do so. And expect that if said
cop feels like it, you'll get done anyway.

And if you do get done, don't argue.

Zebee

 

I did the Murchotts Driving School thing a few months ago (Victoria)
and I "think" they said that it is not a problem if you overtake on
the right of the vehicle. I read into that that you can only do it
if you ovetake the car on the far right, as if you do it in any other
lane you would be passing a car in their lane on their left which is
bad.

He also said that there was no "law" about this for motocycles, just
interpertations for all road users.

Having siad that, I could still be wrong....any ideas?


http://au.groups.yahoo.com/group/Podcasting_Australia/

 

Their is no specific law stating that, its an offence to ride between two
cars. (I speak from nsw)

theirs also no ticket for doing a wheelie


however several other offences could be apart of it.

Like overtaking on the left, Not keep more than 1.5m from other vehicle,
Ride abrest of vehicle (in the same lane) and of cause, the universal
ticket, of Negligent driving, which is something a reasonable and prudent
person would do or something a reasonable and prudent person would not do.

On another note their is a ticket for rider unhelmeted and 5 unhelmeted
passengers!

 

Yech, I sort-of-think that was what I was tryingto say...just a little
hard to do on a Sunday morning after a late night..... <g>


http://au.groups.yahoo.com/group/Podcasting_Australia/

 

Reasonable and Prudent Person?

Never met one.
Never been one.

Boxer

 

well i think its funny, its ment to be like a jury, 5 regular people's
opinion..

But if they were 5 bikers, doing a wheelie and lane splitting would be
something a reasonable and prudent motorcyclist would do

 

Clem , your obviously on drugs tonight , your agreeing with a copper .

WTF

 

Clem, heres that speeding ticker for next week
Oh watch out for that yellow truck reversing out..

Cya next week
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