Why Is Lane Splitting Only Legal in California? And Is it Safe?

Bay Curious

KQED

History, Society & Culture, Places & Travel

4.9 • 999 Ratings

🗓️ 19 July 2018

⏱️ 10 minutes

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People have a lot of feelings about lane splitting, but they don’t always have all the information. Reported by Ryan Levi. Bay Curious is made by Olivia Allen-Price, Jessica Placzek, Paul Lancour, Ryan Levi and Suzie Racho. Additional support from Julia McEvoy, Ethan Lindsey, Howard Gelman. Holly Kernan is Vice President for News. Theme music by Pat Mesiti-Miller. Ask us a question or sign up for our newsletter at BayCurious.org. Follow Olivia Allen-Price on Twitter @oallenprice.

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0:00.0	From K-QED.
0:02.0	I'm putting my life in your hands, Devon.
0:05.0	Yeah, yeah, I know.
0:07.0	It's a risk.
0:08.0	It's Thursday afternoon.
0:10.0	Work has wrapped up for the day, and I'm standing outside the KQED office with
0:14.1	Devon Kadiyama, host of the podcast The Bay. So this is a Honda Night Hawk
0:19.4	250. I'd ask Devon for a ride home on his motorcycle during rush hour.
0:25.6	But you have a helmet?
0:26.8	Got a helmet.
0:27.4	Yes.
0:28.4	That's the most important thing, probably the only thing you really need because you're on the you're on the bike with Devon
0:33.3	and Devon will get you there in one piece. Oh yeah. Hold on tight! We get going on 101 south, heading towards San Mateo.
0:45.8	Oh yeah, and my speedometer doesn't work.
0:48.8	The speedometer doesn't work?
0:50.0	So we don't know how fast we're going.
0:51.6	Oh God.
0:53.0	It's cool.
0:54.0	I'm sorry, mom.
0:56.0	And when traffic slows down a bit,
0:58.0	Devon does something that is only legal in California.
1:02.0	In and around people, and oh oh my god here we go.
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