Filtering is Legal

[Hooli]

no idea if this is a repost, but i only found out today.
http://www.motorbikestoday.com/news/Articles/filte...

[sjtscott]

Hooli said:

no idea if this is a repost, but i only found out today.
http://www.motorbikestoday.com/news/Articles/filte...

Unfortunately my incidents were in 2000 and 2002 in London were prior to this case. I was held 50% responsible in both cases by the insurance company even though the driver was in my view 100% at fault in both cases. Going by that article the drivers would have been 100% responsible in both cases.
It is not my intention to have to ever test this again!

[Dare2Fail]

If that is the court case I am thinking of then the guys insurance company wanted to pay out on the basis of an 80/20 (bike/car) split. The rider refused and then had to do all the leg work himself. He got the decision he wanted, but it took a long time to get settled. I would have though that insurance companies would be dancing with joy over this, but I get the impression that it will probably change nothing in the long run.

Plus, filtering has always been legal (as far as I am aware), but police take a dim view on it if there is a large speed differential between bike and car/truck/bus/hovercraft...

[Taz666]

Dare2Fail said:

police take a dim view on it if there is a large speed differential between bike and car/truck/bus/hovercraft...

[virgil]

Dare2Fail said:

...but police take a dim view on it if there is a large speed differential between bike and car/truck/bus/hovercraft...

Thats because according to the article it is illegal. It is certainly unsafe to filter at a high differencial speed, unless someone can convince me otherwise...

[DoctorFan]

Being a newby 'poster' only having been riding motorcycles for 2 years I'm under the distinct impression that filtering really is only appropriate when in heavy, very slow moving traffic (be that on a motorway or through a town)? I've never understood why some riders feel it necessary to 'filter' through traffic on a large A road or dual carriageway at speeds of 50mph and above?!

[hiccy]

Sometimes because you get clots doing 50/60mph in the outside lane of said motorways/dual carriage ways holding everyone up unnecessarily.