[MLB-WIRELESS] OT - Help sign a partition to help motorcyclist

[Ben Ward]

'Lane Splitting' is not illegal in Victoria when certain rules are 
followed. As someone that has successfully had all damages awarded to 
him when hit while doing so, I can understand why people think it is. 
Even insurance companies had to have the laws making it legal read out 
to them until they finally saw the light.While this blanket ban removes 
the ability to do the above, it also places restrictions on riders 
greater than those placed on car drivers. Legally, I wouldn't be able to 
pass a car turning right, or left unless I was in a completely different 
marked lane, or a garbage truck stopping to pick up rubbish for the same 
reason. I'm hoping if the proposals are made law, they at least address 
that.
As for 'many' broken mirrors from us f#$%^ wits on motorbikes.....you 
must just be unlucky, maybe you have a lot of time on the 
road....Personally the only time I broke a mirror, was when the car 
driver saw me coming, and moved over to squeeze me in, while I didn't 
intentionally hit the mirror, it clipped the bar end. Did he get a 
talking to, not only from me, but the women in  the car behind him as 
well. Nice to know we're not universally hated. :)

Cheers
Ben
sanbar wrote:
> David wrote:
>   
>> And us for making it illegal that should have been done 50 years ago. I 
>> have seen cars and had many  broken mirror form f#$%^ wits on motor 
>> bikes shooting down between the cars.
>>     
>
> (a) Lane splitting already is illegal in Victoria;  "no passing on the 
> left" laws have been in force for a few years now. This "petition" 
> relates to making laws relating to road use uniformally applied 
> throughout .au to remove ambiguity between the states' and territorys' 
> road rules.
> (b) I think your seeing many cars with broken mirrors blah blah blah is 
> a bit of a sweeping generalisation. I could bet that I've seen - in real 
> life - many more motorcyclists rear-ended in heavy traffic than what you 
> believe to be motorcycle-damaged mirrors. The definition of "f#$^wit" is 
> all relative.
>
> Please, thread=dead.
>
> - Barry
>
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