When I'm driving in heavy traffic, I have to watch for up to 8 other vehicles, constantly - count them.
I'm responsible for staying in my lane - and this includes each of the inches between the sides of my car, and the painted lines. I'm responsible for preventing my vehicle from coming into contact with any one of the other 8 vehicles enumerated above. When I am using the roadway, all of that real estate (small though it be) is there to separate me from the 8 vehicles.
The real estate covered by the painted line includes no virtual secret lane for smaller vehicles.
If your smaller vehicle is insufficiently designed as to make you, or its mechanisms, uncomfortable, or perform badly, when stuck in slow traffic, I sympathise. My car runs much better at 60 mph (and still better at higher speeds), but when I'm in traffic, I have to reduce my movement to the speed of the traffic.
The traffic lanes, identified as they are by painted lines, are NOT designed so you can make a virtual lane for yourself. Lane splitting not declared illegal or not, the lane is my responsibility, and my temporary property, when I'm in it.
Stay away from the side of my car. Please.
- 3 in front of me - 1 in each lane to my left and right, and 1 directly in front of me in my lane.
- 2 beside me - one each to my left and my right.
- To a lesser degree - 3 behind me - 1 in each lane to my left and right, and 1 directly behind me in my lane.
I'm responsible for staying in my lane - and this includes each of the inches between the sides of my car, and the painted lines. I'm responsible for preventing my vehicle from coming into contact with any one of the other 8 vehicles enumerated above. When I am using the roadway, all of that real estate (small though it be) is there to separate me from the 8 vehicles.
The real estate covered by the painted line includes no virtual secret lane for smaller vehicles.
If your smaller vehicle is insufficiently designed as to make you, or its mechanisms, uncomfortable, or perform badly, when stuck in slow traffic, I sympathise. My car runs much better at 60 mph (and still better at higher speeds), but when I'm in traffic, I have to reduce my movement to the speed of the traffic.
The traffic lanes, identified as they are by painted lines, are NOT designed so you can make a virtual lane for yourself. Lane splitting not declared illegal or not, the lane is my responsibility, and my temporary property, when I'm in it.
Stay away from the side of my car. Please.
