tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5950664143576637249.post5219537073578455855..comments2024-03-22T18:01:20.065-05:00Comments on Geezer with a Grudge: Another Lane Splitting ArgumentT.W. Dayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04078254371483458356noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5950664143576637249.post-44183359192041033152013-01-12T15:37:27.027-06:002013-01-12T15:37:27.027-06:00The Ride to Work folks are hard after getting filt...The Ride to Work folks are hard after getting filtering and splitting legalized. I wish them well, but suspect the US is too backwards, conservative, and timid to allow radical, practical ideas to spread. I split lanes every day for a decade in Orange County (between San Diego and LA). Without the ability to split lanes and filter, motorcycles don't do much for reducing congestion, pollution, or general traffic control. In fact, without the ability to split lanes, commuting on a motorcycle is probably silly. T.W. Dayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04078254371483458356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5950664143576637249.post-82318963652151540502013-01-11T16:35:55.503-06:002013-01-11T16:35:55.503-06:00As I wrote a college paper on filtering, some comm...As I wrote a college paper on filtering, some comments on the sources. Hurt report is outdated and inconclusive on this matter <a href="http://www.soundrider.com/archive/safety-skills/harry_hurt_interview.htm" rel="nofollow">in the words of the author himself</a>. However, there is European Motorcycle Accident In-Depth Study (MAIDS), that is recent (2009) and contains metrics specifically related to filtering.<br /><br />Oregon TD white paper (<a href="http://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/TD/TP_RES/docs/reports/2010/motorcycle_lane_sharing.pdf" rel="nofollow">Motorcycle Lane-sharing: Literature Review</a>, PDF), quotes: “Out of the 921 crashes investigated, 4 (0.4%) were engaged in filtering as the pre-crash motion. Comparatively, 26 (2.8%) accidents occurred while the motorcycle (referred to as the powered two-wheeler (PTW)) was stopped in traffic with a speed of zero, and 452 (49.1%) occurred with the PTW moving in a straight line with constant speed.” That paper also mentioned some U.S. study commissioned by DOT with pilot to be published in 2010, but I have yet to find it.<br /><br />Belgian study they mentioned in the video is described in <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/motorbikes/9272532/Why-commuting-by-motorcycle-is-good-for-everyone.html" rel="nofollow"><i>The Telegraph</i> article</a>.<br /><br />If anyone interested in checking my paper’s arguments, I could put it up on the web. Even though it is just a college project, I am thinking about some sort of advocacy here in Idaho.theUghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07440216092074014203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5950664143576637249.post-50772029228435789402013-01-11T16:34:19.519-06:002013-01-11T16:34:19.519-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.theUghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07440216092074014203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5950664143576637249.post-36180975409179417402013-01-10T18:52:51.745-06:002013-01-10T18:52:51.745-06:00When I was riding in CA last summer, I just couldn...When I was riding in CA last summer, I just couldn't get myself to do it. Even though I knew it was legal...<br /><br />But I agree that this needs to be publicized a bit more as even long time residents of CA weren't aware that it was legal.RichardMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04773834892715980735noreply@blogger.com