Motorcyclist kicks car and triggers chain-reaction crash in apparent road-rage video

[haele]

65. In California, it may not be so cut and dry. Lane splitting is legal here - at low speed.

I still have a M-class license; rode a 175cc scooter as a commuter vehicle for five years, but typically used city streets instead of the highway. I was always very careful to keep my lane whenever I rode.

The law currently allows Motorcycles and Highway-legal Scooters to "split" lanes for short distances when it is safe to do so; specifically if traffic is stopped, and the rider proceeds at a slow, safe speed.
However...
I regularly see riders splitting lanes and rapidly weave lanes for long distances at freeway speeds during normal traffic. Two days ago, we had our signal on and ** were in afternoon "rush hour" traffic (45 mph, congested) and in the process of changing lanes *** when a rider came around from two lanes over (I had seen him in my passenger mirror coming on the freeway), swung around behind the car we had just passed, and split the lane between us at around 80 mph. *He flipped us off* as Laz swerved back into our original lane - nearly hitting the car that had been in front of us and another that was trying to take our place - to avoid hitting him when he suddenly rocketed around the car that was letting us in. And we could see him going on for about a mile down the road, still at high speed, still splitting the lanes, still almost causing accidents.

We were hoping the CHP would see him and pull his stupid ass over. We see guys (and gals) like him every single day on California Freeways.

I cringe every time I see these jerks. Yes, some drivers are a-holes, but IME, there's way too many "in a hurry" Doner-Cycle riders that make the rest of us riders look as bad as the few drivers that think it's funny to run us off the road.

Haele