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Reelthing Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Fish or ride that is the question Posts: 5397 Houston,Tx Gender:	Legal lane split Sept 1 in Texas 04/25/05 at 05:26:40 Cool - bet the cars still get pissed ! http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/tlo/79R/billtext/HB01522I.HTM
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sluggo Serious Thumper ModSquad Offline big singles lead, twins follow the pack Posts: 4744 moses lake washington Gender:	Re: Legal lane split Sept 1 in Texas Reply #1 - 04/25/05 at 06:42:33 Reelthing wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:04: Cool - bet the cars still get pissed ! http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/tlo/79R/billtext/HB01522I.HTM as one who rode for nearly 15 years in los angeles. the answere is yes..... you will learn to watch drivers heads and front wheels. they are the first indicator of trouble.
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Savage_Rob Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Mechanically Inclined Amateur Posts: 6972 Texas (Dallas area) Gender:	Re: Legal lane split Sept 1 in Texas Reply #2 - 04/25/05 at 07:44:53 Woohoo!
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Diane Full Member 2004 No Login Offline No matter where you go, there you are. Posts: 102 Houston, TX Gender:	Re: Legal lane split Sept 1 in Texas Reply #3 - 04/25/05 at 07:55:19 Thanks for the info. Looks like HB 514 (mandatory jail time for failure to yield right of way causing serious injury or death) is still hanging out there in limbo.
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sunny Senior Member 2004 No Login Offline rock this town Posts: 293 d/fw texas Gender:	Re: Legal lane split Sept 1 in Texas Reply #4 - 04/25/05 at 14:07:25 i can foresee alot of squids making life more dangerous for everyone by not reading the entire law change. at least till they all recieve tickets or are carted off in body bags. as for me, i rarely encounter traffic doing less than twenty mph on my commute. rob's commute is a probably different story.
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sluggo Serious Thumper ModSquad Offline big singles lead, twins follow the pack Posts: 4744 moses lake washington Gender:	Re: Legal lane split Sept 1 in Texas Reply #5 - 04/25/05 at 14:19:15 The law as written sounds pretty reasonable to me. and those obeing the law should have no difficulities. i never saw a motorcycle "down" in the 15 years in l.a. i did collect a few antenna's for my collection.. i even think i knocked a mirror or two off unintentionally of course. thats my story and i'm sticking to it.
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Savage_Rob Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Mechanically Inclined Amateur Posts: 6972 Texas (Dallas area) Gender:	Re: Legal lane split Sept 1 in Texas Reply #6 - 04/25/05 at 14:34:17 I agree. As written, it should be fine. Of course, there will be some tards that think they have free reign to ride between cages whenever they wish.
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sluggo Serious Thumper ModSquad Offline big singles lead, twins follow the pack Posts: 4744 moses lake washington Gender:	Re: Legal lane split Sept 1 in Texas Reply #7 - 04/25/05 at 14:37:41 Savage_Rob wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:04: I agree. As written, it should be fine. Of course, there will be some tards that think they have free reign to ride between cages whenever they wish. but you know what, i think they believe that already so the law doesn't really apply to them anyway.
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Re: Legal lane split Sept 1 in Texas
Reply #8 - 04/25/05 at 16:19:26

sunny wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:04:

i can foresee alot of squids making life more dangerous for everyone by not reading the entire law change.

at least till they all recieve tickets or are carted off in body bags.

as for me, i rarely encounter traffic doing less than twenty mph on my commute. rob's commute is a probably different story.

I do my best to stick to back roads on this far west side of Houston but when you get stuck the traffic isn't moving 20mph it's moving under 5 mph - so it may come in handy - if the cars don't play tag for fun.

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babbalou Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 814 Lewisville, Texas Gender:	Re: Legal lane split Sept 1 in Texas Reply #9 - 04/25/05 at 17:55:13 That will cut my commute in half. Seems like Dallas cager's I.Q. and vision drops to 1/2 when they get behind the wheel, so I'll experiment with caution. I hope they learn to check their mirrors before opening the door to spit tobacky juice.
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sluggo Serious Thumper ModSquad Offline big singles lead, twins follow the pack Posts: 4744 moses lake washington Gender:	Re: Legal lane split Sept 1 in Texas Reply #10 - 04/25/05 at 18:57:39 The law will make it easier to recover damages when they do screw up and hit ya.
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Reply #11 - 04/25/05 at 19:01:39

sluggo wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:04:

but you know what, i think they believe that already so the law doesn't really apply to them anyway.

Yeah, most of those are already doing it and doing it wrong but they may think it's become legalized and do it more often and more brazenly. I guess that could make them targets for the local PD... and you can bet the bike cops on the Dallas freeways will want to put a stop to that. We'll see. The Dallas bike cops I've seen so far really seem to respect other riders and don't want careless ones giving the rest a bad name.

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bobo383 Serious Thumper 2004 No Login Offline Neck=Red Posts: 516 Arlington, TX Gender:	Re: Legal lane split Sept 1 in Texas Reply #12 - 04/25/05 at 19:04:49 Dallas, maybe. Arlington motorcycle officers are first class guys.
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sluggo Serious Thumper ModSquad Offline big singles lead, twins follow the pack Posts: 4744 moses lake washington Gender:	Re: Legal lane split Sept 1 in Texas Reply #13 - 04/25/05 at 20:01:02 while in los angeles i've had highway patrolmen pull over to let smaller bikes lead the way. they know it's the only way to ride in heavy traffic.
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Reply #14 - 04/26/05 at 05:39:23

bobo383 wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:04:

Dallas, maybe. Arlington motorcycle officers are first class guys.

I was saying I like the Dallas bike cops I've encountered so far. I'm willing to bet they'll be on top of folks seriously abusing the lane-splitting concept - and I agree with that. If lane-splitting is done responsibly, it'll be good for all of us.

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