move to front of lane.
Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2000 2:46 pm
I do it ALL the time here in Germany and the drivers here either move or
wait a few seconds till i'm gone to proceed. But it is legal here and they
don't open car doors and do nasty stuff.
Van
----- Original Message ----- From: dan shaw To: Errett, Brian S ; DSN_klr650@egroups.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2000 7:24 PM Subject: Re: [DSN_klr650] Crap - got ticketed > > ive been victimized before on my bike. got pulled over > because my licence plate was "partially obscured"(i > had a bungee net and it went over the plate. the plate > was actually not mounted, it was under the bungee) > > anyway, i had lots of luggage and wsa searched for > about 30 minutes, then given a ticket for no insurance > or registration (i was insured..just didnt have the > card with me..) > > while were talking about this, does anyone else here > feel that motorcyclists have the right to move to the > front of the line of a red light, when all the cars > are stopped and there is more then one lane? i do this > often. my reasoning is that when the light turns > green, you can accellerate out infront of all the > traffic and be in relatively clear section of the > road, where as if you waited in line, youd be stuck in > the middle of heavy traffic when the line starts > moving. also, if you do this, you really arnt taking > up the space that a car would take up and in a small > way, reducing the ammount of traffic for others... > ive heard that this is legal in most states but ive > also head the opposite. does anyone know about this? > > dan shaw > --- "Errett, Brian S" wrote: > > Well, first ticket on the bike - We have this canyon > > area which (when an > > accident occurs) backs up forever - and there is no > > other way to get though > > except 66 (backs up forever also with the spillover) > > - so there I am sitting > > in the stop and go parking lot which is the > > interstate when a guy in the > > middle lane (I'm in the left lane) - 3 lane > > intersate... decided that he saw > > an opening to cross the median -( I was in that > > opening) and he pulls right > > into me (fortunately I scooted up next to the car in > > front of me in time) - > > next, a guy behind just pulls forward into me (also > > dodged that one) - so I > > figure _jeez_ another hour of this I'm going to get > > killed never mind the > > hand cramps from working the clutch for 30 minutes - > > so out into the median > > and onto the eastbound interstate - dozens of cagers > > also had the same idea. > > Well, a sherrif 10 cars behind decided that he just > > had to get that rebel > > motorcycle and pulls me over - while hes writing the > > ticket there must be 20 > > some cagers crossing and I said "well, what about > > them" - he says "they're > > not my problem, you're my problem" - great. $53.00 > > ticket - So I'm taking > > this one to court - I was crossing the median to > > avoid getting killed... > > > > Ever feel you've been singled out from cagers by the > > cops? > > > > -Brian > > A14 Tijeras, NM > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from anywhere! > http://mail.yahoo.com/ > > Visit the KLR650 archives at > http://www.listquest.com/lq/search.html?ln=klr650 > Support Dual Sport News... dsneditor@... > Let's keep this list SPAM free! > > Visit our site at http://www.egroups.com/group/DSN_klr650 > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > DSN_klr650-unsubscribe@egroups.com > >