Bill to Legalize Lane Splitting / Sharing in Nevada - BARF

Surj · 03-20-2013, 08:11 AM

This isn't specifically Bay Area or California related, but since this is "Streetrider's Rights" I hope I won't get into too much trouble. If you have rider friends in NV, pass this along so they can get involved and help push it through. It'll be great for us CA riders when we head thataway.

Assemblymen Richard “Skip” Daly (District 31), Richard Carrillo (District 18) and James Healey (District 35) have introduced AB236 which would legalize lane splitting in Nevada. The bill language is interesting because it's simple and smart - State Senator Beale and the folks working on SB 350 here in California would do well to take a peek and consider similarly elegant language:

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A person may drive a motorcycle or moped between moving or stationary vehicles occupying adjacent traffic lanes and traveling in the same direction as the motorcycle or moped provided that the person drives in a cautious and prudent manner and the motorcycle or moped does not exceed a speed of 30 miles per hour while driving between such vehicles.

Bill page is here. I'll post updates as I have them under the Nevada lane splitting news tag of LaneSplittingIsLegal.com too.

Ferenc · 03-20-2013, 11:15 AM

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Originally Posted by monkeyneck

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Bill page is here. I'll post updates as I have them under the Nevada lane splitting news tag of LaneSplittingIsLegal.com too.

california dmv offers more of a "parley" guide (not law) in their following first "R":
The Four R's or “Be-Attitudes” of Lane Splitting:

Be Reasonable, be Responsible, be Respectful, be aware of all Roadway and traffic conditions.

- Be Reasonable means not more than 10 MPH faster than traffic flow and not over 39 MPH.

and i thought nevada had no helmet or speed limit laws!
enjoy,
ferenc

CABilly · 03-23-2013, 11:32 PM

30 MPH :|

Ferenc · 03-24-2013, 06:21 PM

i always thought safe sharing speed was traffic speed +15 ...
the longer one spends next to a car the longer one gets exposed to a side swipe! by zooming by, the cagers have no time re/act and do something stupid or spiteful ... by the time they wake up and see you, and re-act, you're already past them!
enjoy,
ferenc

thedub · 03-24-2013, 06:55 PM

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Originally Posted by CABilly

30 MPH :|

What's your point?

Are you saying that if you lived in NV you would rather have no splitting at all than be limited to 30 mph?

B_wreckless · 03-24-2013, 11:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Ferenc

i always thought safe sharing speed was traffic speed +15 ...
the longer one spends next to a car the longer one gets exposed to a side swipe! by zooming by, the cagers have no time re/act and do something stupid or spiteful ... by the time they wake up and see you, and re-act, you're already past them!
enjoy,
ferenc

+1

Surj · 03-25-2013, 07:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Ferenc

i always thought safe sharing speed was traffic speed +15 ...
the longer one spends next to a car the longer one gets exposed to a side swipe! by zooming by, the cagers have no time re/act and do something stupid or spiteful ... by the time they wake up and see you, and re-act, you're already past them!
enjoy,
ferenc

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Originally Posted by B_wreckless

+1

If you go "zooming" past cars all the time, they have plenty of time do something spiteful - like ban splitting. The more drivers that are freaked our or pissed off by rider behavior, the more likely this becomes.

It's true that you shouldn't hang out next to cars, but there's a significant difference between "not hanging out" and "zooming."

wildwhl · 03-25-2013, 07:57 PM

As a Nevadan, I'm hopeful...

WW

**budman** · 03-25-2013, 08:01 PM

As a motorcyclist I am glad to see it. Go voters!

**Chill** · 03-26-2013, 02:13 PM

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Originally Posted by monkeyneck

If you go "zooming" past cars all the time, they have plenty of time do something spiteful - like ban splitting. The more drivers that are freaked our or pissed off by rider behavior, the more likely this becomes.

It's true that you shouldn't hang out next to cars, but there's a significant difference between "not hanging out" and "zooming."

You are correct, riders who do not follow the Four R's and abuse the right can mess it up for the rest of us.

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Originally Posted by budman

As a motorcyclist I am glad to see it. Go voters!

This. Hopefully, this will build some momentum for other states too...

2strokeYardSale · 03-26-2013, 02:53 PM

30 mph beats the shit out of 0 mph.

I rarely split, but when I do, it seems drivers are more surprised and angered about it than in California. I wonder how long it would take to acclimate (integrate!) them to a lane sharing culture.

CABilly · 04-02-2013, 03:02 PM

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Originally Posted by thedub

What's your point?

Are you saying that if you lived in NV you would rather have no splitting at all than be limited to 30 mph?

Something (anything) is better than nothing, but there's definitely room for improvement. Having to creep along at 30 MPH in traffic on the freeway sucks balls. If I lived in Nevada I would advocate for elimination of a concrete limit in favor of something along the lines of the CA basic speed law applied to splitting. As long as you're being safe, you should be fine.

packnrat · 04-04-2013, 01:35 PM

where in nevada is there traffic? except in carson city were they still need to build a fwy.

i deliver frozen foods and have to go there every so often, and in a rig i have not been caught in traffic.
yes some manf slow/stop when they were rebuilding the spaghetti bowl.

and i wish my company would open up the computers on the trucks and let us do the speed limit in nevada. sorry about going slow in the slow lane, it's a company thing.

2strokeYardSale · 04-04-2013, 03:48 PM

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Originally Posted by packnrat

where in nevada is there traffic?

My commute.

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except in carson city were they still need to build a fwy.

They built it.

packnrat · 04-05-2013, 12:38 PM

only problem i see here is nevada should at least make the law the same as in ca. if for nothing else then just to conform, as in how so many laws dealing with motor vehicles are the same across the country.
aka stop on red. go on green. speed up on yellow. etc.

yes i know many traffic laws are not the same. this is a problem for travelers. this needs to be fixed.
if nothing else then like paint on the rd. certain type size of lines mean one thing it changes it means another. as in like a lane ending / is a turn off ONLY etc.
and this is just the lines between the lanes. a safety thing.

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03-24-2013, 06:21 PM	#4
Ferenc Veteran Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: East Bay Motorcycles: x-400f, x-VLX, x-dl650, x-'11 f800r; current '90+'91 vx800, '99 f650, and a '12 f800r Name:	i always thought safe sharing speed was traffic speed +15 ... the longer one spends next to a car the longer one gets exposed to a side swipe! by zooming by, the cagers have no time re/act and do something stupid or spiteful ... by the time they wake up and see you, and re-act, you're already past them! enjoy, ferenc

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wildwhl Disturbed usually Contributor +++++++++++ 1% Join Date: May 2011 Location: Reno Motorcycles: RC31/RC36 Name:	As a Nevadan, I'm hopeful... WW

04-04-2013, 01:35 PM	#13
packnrat Veteran Contributor Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: california Motorcycles: 2004 FZ1 1993 klr 650 1978 xl 350 Name:	where in nevada is there traffic? except in carson city were they still need to build a fwy. i deliver frozen foods and have to go there every so often, and in a rig i have not been caught in traffic. yes some manf slow/stop when they were rebuilding the spaghetti bowl. and i wish my company would open up the computers on the trucks and let us do the speed limit in nevada. sorry about going slow in the slow lane, it's a company thing.

04-05-2013, 12:38 PM	#15
packnrat Veteran Contributor Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: california Motorcycles: 2004 FZ1 1993 klr 650 1978 xl 350 Name:	only problem i see here is nevada should at least make the law the same as in ca. if for nothing else then just to conform, as in how so many laws dealing with motor vehicles are the same across the country. aka stop on red. go on green. speed up on yellow. etc. yes i know many traffic laws are not the same. this is a problem for travelers. this needs to be fixed. if nothing else then like paint on the rd. certain type size of lines mean one thing it changes it means another. as in like a lane ending / is a turn off ONLY etc. and this is just the lines between the lanes. a safety thing. .