Hey folks. As I have mentioned a few times, I drive a transit bus for a living. Well the other day I was driving my route downtown. Stopped at the light on 15th at Curtis, here comes a guy on a Busa splitting between my bus and the car sitting next to me. No with everything we as riders have to worry about, we don't need riders like this making us look like fools. Your thoughts?
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Dickheads.Originally Posted by OneBigMidgett
Agree
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While I'm sure the guy on the 'Busa probably was a dickhead. If traffic is not moving and you share lanes keeping it at a controllable speed, whats the problem? You don't like losing "your spot" in traffic, I just feel like people are too selfish and can't let someone else get in front of them as it might add .002 seconds of travel time.
Also inb4 its against the law bullshit.
I would have had no problem with it, if we were on the highway. But stopped at a light in Downtown. To me that is just STUPID!!!
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Why?
i feel its worse on the highway because it can be so startling and dangerous. i wouldnt care too much if i were in your position as long as they didnt almost hit me or something. ill admit i will ride the shoulder (not split lanes) when there are huge traffic jams for the train in the middle of town or the bike lane to get to the front at a light to turn right if theres no right turn lane and the lead car is going straight.
My take on it is that if you are in an area where it is an accepted practice (California) then I have no problem with it. However here it is so uncommon it scares people when a bike goes by inches from their window so no way would I do it. As far as people being upset because you get ahead of them that happens in CA too so no way to get away from it
+1. It's a godsend when traversing the highways of L.A. Colorado.... not so much.My take on it is that if you are in an area where it is an accepted practice (California) then I have no problem with it. However here it is so uncommon it scares people when a bike goes by inches from their window so no way would I do it. As far as people being upset because you get ahead of them that happens in CA too so no way to get away from it
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And a lot of people dont know thats why the law was established in CA. Could you imagine sitting on a highway out there for hours, stuck in traffic with 100 degree temps?
I have never lane split/shared in CO but there have been a few times over the years I have run into situations where the whole highway was stopped (because of accidents). Both times I sat in traffic for 15+ minutes and then decided to take the median, and both times I had cars watching in their rear view mirrors that pulled over to basically get in front of me... Mad that I was moving and they werent? I just dont think that many people out here understand how hot it is in situations like this and what it does to the bikes. Either way after I passed the people that tried to stop me and got to the accident both times I was waved through by the cops.
I do think that because Colorado has grown as much as it has that something needs to be drafted for summer.
Should be legalized, and the public should be educated in our use of it, and to watch for us.
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I have to agree. I've done it in Cali seen it done in Cali and I think with specific rules it can work here in those given situations. Just my .02 , not that it matters much, carry on!
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Well for starters the light was RED. Second one of the vehicles was a bus, there was no way the rider could have seen if anyone was crossing the street.
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I've always wondered why Americans are so vehemently against lane splitting when a good majority of the world does it. I just don't want a ticket, but each rider should be able to make those decisions for himself. Rather than telling me how I'm GOING to be "safe", it's up to me to find out, and depend on myself and not the government. The only way to get people used to it, is do it.
It took me about a week to get used to doing in in Japan, but there I was weirding people out by *not* doing it. Cars kept trying to edge over to the side of their lane to let me pass.
Everyone riding a bike/scooter is expected to pull up/through the lanes to get to the front of a red light--there's even a special blocked-off area for bikes/scooters between the pedestrian crosswalk and the line where cars should stop.
Honestly, I really wish we had red light lane-splitting here. It just makes sense to have the smaller, nimbler, faster vehicles up in the front where there more visible, where they're expected to be, and where they can leave before the trundling minivan which blocks everyone else's view of the bike following them...
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This.
I saw that zone you're talking about, now I know what it's for. Makes sense lol.
Heh, took me a few days to figure it out, like I said, it was all the cars moving over and other bikes doing it that finally clued me in.
But, once you "get" why it's there, it really, really makes sense for everyone.
How many cars make blind left turns after a bigger vehicle because they don't see the bike behind it?
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By any chance did you notice if he had CA plates? Filtering to the front is a very common practice out there, once you are at the front you use the better acceleration of a bike when hte light turns green
It was actually a really nice looking bike. Black and Gold color scheme. Didn't notice the plate. There are a few things I guess I should have mentioned in my first post.
1. traffic on 15th was stopped at the light, the busa never even slowed down
2. he came up on my left side not my right, (not turning)
3. the light was still red when he went thru intersection
4. traffic headed east on curtis had green light
Last edited by OneBigMidgett; Sun Mar 25th, 2012 at 06:11 PM.
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OK, you just confirmed he was an idiot! I have no problem with filtering, but you do wait for the light to change!!
I don't care when others lane split as long as its at a safe speed.
It's illegal here and if someone split passed me, not a big deal.
Lane "sharing" is nuts here but I really see no problem with "filtering" to the front at stop lights especially so I don't have to inhale your buses filthy exhaust when you take off. I don't do it but I would if it were legal.
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