Agreed.

 

qft.

 

While he could have been moving over for someone taking a picture, unless the biker is hella far into the lane, there's no reason why the WRX should be 3/4 in the oncoming direction's lane.

 

bikers always need something to complain about, thats the only reason its posted

WRX crossing DY = "douche waffle"
biker going well over 100 cutting into an off ramp after the solid white lines start and cutting of multiple cars and trucks = ???

From the looks of the turn he came out of, he could see the guy and his bike for quite some time, I too would have moved over to give him extra room judging from the lack of a soft shoulder on the opposite side of the road.

 

He's not, he's just about exactly 1/2. If someone is on the side of the road, and there is nobody in the oncoming lane, I'll give them plenty of room too.

The position of that car just doesn't look it could have just come out of that corner like that, if he was cutting corners that hard, he'd have to have been totaly in the wrong lane on the very bottom and if he was setting up for a right hander next and looking at the apex the way the photo taker claims, he would already be turning in to that corner. Not just straddling the centerline.

Just doesn't look like anything other than a courteous driver giving someone on the side of the road some room. And some wienie who thought he was going to make some sort of point on the internet.

 

but isn't that what the internet is FOR? That and ****.

 

Every time bikers cut between the cars in rush hour traffic I have the unyielding urge to open my door and watch them fly.

 

You do know that its not illegal for motorcycles to do that, right?

I'm a rider who reads BARF and I-club regularly. There are a number of people in the BARF thread who agree that the driver may have been giving room to the photographer. Nobody knows why the driver crossed the DY.

What's with all the hate dude? Did a rider **** in your Cheerios? Or maybe a girlfriend left you for some one with a bike? Wishing harm on another person is just messed up.

 

+1 I think he moved out to give the person on the shoulder some courtesy room. I would have done the same as well.
I don't think you can win in this situation.
the person who took the picture would have been mad either way. "douche drove too close to the shoulder and almost hit me" or "he crossed the DY"

 

i avoid bikers and give them the most space that I can. I'm not about to be the cause of someone's death via my car.

If I'm cruising in the fast lane in stop n go traffic and a biker is coming, I always pull over as far left as I can. In return, I get the V sign.

as for loud choppers and cruisers though...they just purposely love to play with that throttle so I don't do much for them. none of them have ever shown gratitude for me moving...so I don't care about them lol

 

Really? That seems a bit odd - with all of the other laws that we have to prevent stupid accidents, I find it strange we wouldn't have a law against this.

 

Odd it may be, but there is no place in the California Vehicle code that says its illegal. And I agree that there are many riders out there that are totally inconsiderate morons who don't deserve to be on the road at all, let alone on a motorcycle. Also, I don't find it necessary that motorcycles be allowed to "lane share." I commute on my bike and rarely do this. The fact that we are allowed in the carpool lane kinda makes it unnecessary, IMO.

CA is the only state where this is still legal and its a left over law from when the vast majority of bikes were air-cooled. Now that most bikes have a liquid-cooling systems, over heating is not really a problem. Sure, I'll probably complain if this is taken away, but it won't be a big loss.

Cops can pull a rider over for this if the officer feels they are doing it in a unsafe manner. I imagine they would be charged with reckless driving, but I'm not sure.

 

damn BARFs

 

Lane splitting is left-over from air cooled bikes, but I feel it is safer (as long as you are doing it in a courteous and safe manner) than sitting in traffic. A lot of people simply fail to see the smaller motorcycle amongst all the huge cars. Even when you're right in front of them.

I split lanes when I ride and I never go ~10mph faster than the traffic around me. Two bikes sharing a lane is certainly better than one car coming on over because they don't see you. Always ride defensively and keep as much space as you can between yourself and the cars out there.