Cop lane splits - Legal?

[DjPete]

Very careful rider Cop on bike doing the right thing.
Traffic stops. Two lanes are full of cars.
He then carefully goes through the centre up to lights.
He lane splits, so IS IT LEGAL at least if the traffic has stopped??

[big kev]

at no time is it legal pete for any motorcycle sto lane split . as in the case of the cop if he had his lights n sirens on then that would be diffrent

[ROD]

at no time is it legal pete for any motorcycle sto lane split . as in the case of the cop if he had his lights n sirens on then that would be diffrent

We are talking about Victoria and they are (police) not to bad down there i once did it looked in my mirror to see a cop up my ass i thought bugger but once lights changed he was off no Questions.
But check with Vic roads as all states are diferent Qld has just stoped it

[BikerBoy]

It is legal for a cop to do it, but for valid reason.
Under the law they are permitted to "move through to check on traffic/motorists or possible hazards'. They do not need lights flashing or anything.

They may be doing it just for the same reasons as the rest of us but try and prove that.
I have personaly been sitting up the ass of a cop on a bike doing it in Melbourne and sat right beside him at the front of the lights. I got a fellow biker nod from him at that was it.

[ROD]

Legal or not it then up to the police to inforce Up here in brisbane the Dogs hide behind trees just to catch the bikes that slip up past 1-2 cars to go around a corner

[DjPete]

It is legal for a cop to do it, but for valid reason.
Under the law they are permitted to "move through to check on traffic/motorists or possible hazards'. They do not need lights flashing or anything.

He was definitely on the beat looking for "trouble" as the next set of lights he spotted a bike with a pillion on back (shorts and thongs as fuckin usual. Lol) and went straight after him.

[bigfoot]

my dads mate is a traffic cop and he patrols the motorway from brisbane to gold coast and he said that they lane split to either check people for seatbelts and mobile phones and the other reason is to catch a bike rider splitting traffic. he said he doesn't really care about lane splitting or anything like that he just picks car drivers up for mobile phones and not wearing a seatbelt.

[big kev]

motorcycle cops pulling bike riders up is just f*&^ing sinfull it should be against the law

[ROD]

motorcycle cops pulling bike riders up is just f*&^ing sinfull it should be against the law

Tru Kev
Cops just lane split to look up womans skirts as they drive (dont ask how i no that)

[Leviathan]

Lane splitting is still legal in WA, provided you remain in one lane or indicate if crossing a broken white line (change of lanes). You can't cross over the solid white line between lanes or at the front of the intersection.

[Dan85]

Not sure about the legality of it but here in ACT ive talked to a few coppers and all have said they wont pick up a motorcycle if they sensibly makes there way to the front of stopped traffic. however they said if the traffic is moving they throw the book at them. still dont know if its actually legal or ilegal but i have moved through stopped traffic to the front of red lights with police watching and have never been looked at twice for it. having said that i would never do it through moving traffic

[BUSABAZZ]

So in most states a motorcycle cop can justify lane splitting without the use of sirens and lights as to check the condition of vehicles and drivers using mobile phones.... But does anyone know whether we can use the excuse that sitting behind banked up traffic is choking us with exhaust fumes thus making us somewhat "stoned" on carbon monoxide and having feelings of disorientation?.... So, really, we are trying to stay alive as 1, carbon monoxide is a deadly gas and 2, by directly inhaling the gas emitted can become hazardous to safely control our motorcycles due to being somewhat stoned?

Off Topic: 10 years ago rode from Sydney to Adelaide and along the way i was following a car (riding an RD350) using it slipstream, he sped up to 180kph so i stuck behind him, in the next town he pulled into a servo that i had to stop at for fuel, when he got out i noticed he was a cop, he came straight up to me and really started to tear strips off me saying how he was going to take my licence off me, i asked him if he could justify going at that speed himself and he tried to tell me it was an emergency, i said "i didn't see any flashing lights or hear sirens and if it's such an emergency why are you pulling into a servo?" he grunted and grumbled and said "just slow down next time" and walked in and got his coffee and doughnuts

[BikerBoy]

I read a great aricle on splitting lanes put forward by the MRA. It said;
They want the law made to make splitting legal under the following rules,
1. being that a rider can not exceed a difference of 10km/h to what the traffic is moving.
2. It will only be legal up to a maximum speed limit of 40 km/h.

It argued that it safer for a rider to split lanes under the above rules. It said the dangers are increased to a rider in traffic due to drivers losing focus and a rider will just about become invisible to them over a short period of time. They will focus on the car ahead and not the rider, so at a stop they will rear end the rider and force them into the car infront.

It also raised the congestion issue of a splitting rider having an impact value of '0' to traffic.

It also mentions having motorcycle specific lanes introduced on the major freeways and also the possible use of the emergency lane in heavy traffic.

[GRUNTMAX]

Do not know.

I only lane split when I'm in a hurry to go to court to successfully defend an alleged speeding offence due to a Police Officer's misuse of his Mobile Pulse Doppler Radar Device due to visibly apparent Radar Reflector Error. He even had a video of the alleged Radar Reflector that caused the error on his own god damn Commonwealth Copyrighted Video that had been Audibly Edited by the so called honest NSW Police Department. After the case: "Next time I'll get my engineering department!" --- "Next time you can get the king of England mate, I don't give a fuc*--see ya, watch out for drunk drivers mate"
That is all.
Have a nice day

[Heidi1]

Stop ya bitchin!