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Allow motorcycle lane sharing on all public roads

Created by B.P. on April 22, 2015

Lane sharing is the practice of operating a vehicle in a traffic lane in a manner that allows other traffic to use the unused portion of the lane, or to pass slower traffic in the lane by using an unused portion of the lane. When lane sharing is done for the purpose of passing slow or stopped congested traffic, it is called filtering forward. When lane sharing is done by using space between lines of traffic, it is called lane splitting. UC Berkeley completed its lane-splitting-specific study on the safety aspects of Lane Splitting. In the report, lane-splitting motorcyclists are referred to as LSM. LSM were less likely to be rear-ended by another vehicle (2.7%) than were other motorcyclists (4.6%). LSM were more likely to be wearing a full-face helmet than other motorcyclists (79%)

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