Hello All,
I was lane-sharing/splitting the other day on the I-5 in San Diego. It was a normal day, stop and go traffic that flucuated between around 5 MPH to 20-30 MPH. I was going about 15-25 depending on what traffic was doing. I slow down when traffic does, and I speed up when traffic does. I seize lane sharing if traffic gets up over around 30 MPH.
Anyway, so I get pulled over by a Motor CHP Cop. He said what I was doing was unsafe and at unsafe speeds, continues to try and lecture me what it's like to have someone pull out on me. Really? Duh, as if I didn't know that. I am not one of those squids that zooms between cars on these 1000r crotch rockets at 60 MPH either. I am very safe, because I do know what can happen. I am very, very aware of the consequences, and I let him know that I take it seriously. Well, he wasn't having it, he wrote me up a ticket for an unsafe speed at a whopping 25 MPH. While I was going 25 at times, it was not when traffic was around the 5MPH level.
This is a rediculous ticket that was obviously given to make a quota, and one that I plan on fighting. How can 25 MPH be unsafe? If it's unsafe, why is lane-splitting legal? Why don't we just walk to work???
Furthermore, why doesn't the CA Motorcycle manual speak to lane sharing specifically and give recommended speeds for conditions? I could easily sue the state for not providing me with a clear definition, and subsequently empowering it's officers to write me a ticket on an un-clear law.
What do you think about my plight?
I was lane-sharing/splitting the other day on the I-5 in San Diego. It was a normal day, stop and go traffic that flucuated between around 5 MPH to 20-30 MPH. I was going about 15-25 depending on what traffic was doing. I slow down when traffic does, and I speed up when traffic does. I seize lane sharing if traffic gets up over around 30 MPH.
Anyway, so I get pulled over by a Motor CHP Cop. He said what I was doing was unsafe and at unsafe speeds, continues to try and lecture me what it's like to have someone pull out on me. Really? Duh, as if I didn't know that. I am not one of those squids that zooms between cars on these 1000r crotch rockets at 60 MPH either. I am very safe, because I do know what can happen. I am very, very aware of the consequences, and I let him know that I take it seriously. Well, he wasn't having it, he wrote me up a ticket for an unsafe speed at a whopping 25 MPH. While I was going 25 at times, it was not when traffic was around the 5MPH level.
This is a rediculous ticket that was obviously given to make a quota, and one that I plan on fighting. How can 25 MPH be unsafe? If it's unsafe, why is lane-splitting legal? Why don't we just walk to work???
Furthermore, why doesn't the CA Motorcycle manual speak to lane sharing specifically and give recommended speeds for conditions? I could easily sue the state for not providing me with a clear definition, and subsequently empowering it's officers to write me a ticket on an un-clear law.
What do you think about my plight?
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