Who's really at fault

[vmaxed]

So, how did this happen? The man who shot the video explains the biker was passing cars between lanes, a practice called lane-splitting that’s neither legal nor illegal in the Golden State, according to the California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) website. The Sentra driver bumped into the motorcycle as he was exiting the carpool lane, and the two motorists started yelling at each other.

Witnesses say the biker kicked the Nissan’s driver-side door several times, even before the camera started to roll. One of the passengers told California Highway Patrol that he even flashed a knife at one point. The CHP haven’t charged anyone yet because they don’t know who is responsible, or which crime(s) have been committed. No one wrote down the biker’s license plate number, so they’re patiently waiting for him to come forward and tell his side of the story.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/m/7af6ce3...-apparent.html

[BIGLRY]

So, how did this happen? The man who shot the video explains the biker was passing cars between lanes, a practice called lane-splitting that’s neither legal nor illegal in the Golden State, according to the California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) website.

You are right my friend, California law does allow motorcycles passing other vehicles proceeding in the same direction within the same lane, a practice often called "lane splitting," "lane sharing" or "filtering."


https://www.chp.ca.gov/PressReleases...t-in-2017.aspx
"Vehicle Motorcycles: Lane Splitting (AB 51, Quirk) Current law does not change; lane splitting by a motorcyclist remains legal if done safely. This bill defines lane splitting as driving a motorcycle, which has two wheels in contact with the ground, between rows of stopped or moving vehicles in the same lane. The bill permits the CHP to develop lane splitting educational safety guidelines in consultation with other state traffic safety agencies and at least one organization focused on motorcycle safety."

[motozeke]

Traffic wasn't heavy in this video so if the rider was lane-splitting it may have been the kind of lane-splitting that's all too common in CA: the kind that occurs no matter how fast or slow traffic is traveling. Some riders think it's as much their right to lane split at 75 as at a standstill. It pisses me off, can only imagine how drivers react.

CAVEAT: I have no idea what transpired before the start of this video. But I am a lifelong Californian so I know of what I speak.