Owning a motorcycyle doesn't give you a free pass to drive like a dick and disregard traffic laws. It's exaclty that kind of mentality that makes people like me want to swerve at motorcyclists. There is no justification in the world for splitting lanes or driving like a dick. And if you are afraid your bike will overheat....then get a car. Motorcyclists seem to think there is some special set of circumstances that apply to them just because they are on a bike and that the rest of the driving public should know this.
Dumb. Lane splitting is what makes you a Buick sandwich in the first place.[/QB][/QUOTE]

Cygnus-X1,

Obviously you don't ride. You have NO idea what you are talking about.

"people like me want to swerve at motorcyclists."
That is a real intelligent statement to make. You are advocating vehicular homicide on someone you don't know just because they squezzed through traffic ahead of you? Try doing that to me and I am going to kick your door in, kick your mirror off, or if I am stopped at the light, get off my bike and punch my fist through your window and yank you out of your car. We motorcyclists have a hard enough time dealing with the assholes that hit us by "accident"; now I have to hear you say your are going to hit someone on purpose?

Lane-splitting DOES NOT make me a Buick sadnwich. It KEEPS me from becoming one from all the cagers talking on their cell phones, putting make-up on, fiddling with their radios, etc.

Stone