Love the pictures & I imagine it was a nice ride.

Mark

in Motorcycle Laws and Regulations

Lane splitting, the practice of slipping between the lanes of backed up and slowly moving cars, is currently only legal in California. State Senator John Carona of Dallas, Texas, wants to change that and has introduced Senate Bill 506 to allow lane splitting in Texas.

Lane splitting is usually subject to some controversy wherever it isn’t legal but the ability to move through traffic is an advantage, not only to the motorcyclist but to the car driver as well who can move up into the space vacated by the bike. There would be strict guidelines:

The operator and the passenger have to be wearing helmets. The operator has to operate the motorcycle not more than 5 miles-an-hour faster than the rest of traffic is going. Traffic can’t be going over 20 miles-an-hour and it can’t be done in a school crossing zone or somewhere where the speed limit is less than 20 miles-an-hour.

Legislature Updates:

UPDATE III (March 25, 2009) — The Senate has passed the Lane Splitting bill by a vote of 27-4. Great news. The engrossed bill will now be prepared and sent to the House for consideration.

UPDATE V (May 21, 2009) — SB 506 Died in the House. SB 506 was left “Pending in Committee” in the House when the legislative session ended.

[Personal Note and Opinion] – I for one would not support this Bill, or “Lane Splitting” in Texas. I feel that Texans have not ever had nor been exposed to “Lane Splitting” and it would expose motorcyclist to dangerous situations and would only feed fodder to an already negative situation. Wingpilot66