Re: OT: Lane filtering

I had to google the expression, "lane filtering". Ok. But where does the expression come from?

google says that motorcyclists are 28 times more likely than car drivers to die, per mile,

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Yes, I understood that, but where does the expressions come from, how did they originate?

AFAIK, both are prohibited here. Maybe Lane filtering is permitted (it certainly happens), but there is still a risk of a car opening a door. There is another variant that was permitted recently, which is a bike slowly driving on the shoulder during a traffic jam, but still yielding to emergency vehicles using the shoulder.

Ok, this one makes sense.

I think I may have spoken once of "virtual lanes".

Mmm :-?

Here that has different signage, "yield" instead of "stop".

For bikes, it makes a difference. For car drivers, it is unnerving.

Yes, I understood you :-)

Right.

I see.

Oh, for me traffic in Canada or USA is very baffling, because the signage is very different, and some rules are different. I've never driven across the pond.

ROTFL!

We had traffic rotaries here since before they were named, since before I was born. I remember one, but we called it "Plaza", and cars went around it. There was signage:

https://share.google/images/4tU37oqPTKblGw2Rh (danger) https://share.google/images/4tU37oqPTKblGw2Rh (obligation)

Or perhaps older variants.

It is a standard signage:

Danger of cattle or wild animals crossing.

A triangle with red edges mean danger. If it is filled in yellow, it means danger because of road works.

It is an international language. Except on the USA :-P

Well, they are always preceded with speed limitations. The ancients ones I know about were inside cities, with all connections being streets, with pedestrians crossing about.

Of course we had some stupid drivers going straight ahead on the first turnarounds, but the cars were destroyed as a result, with the driver in hospital for weeks, or dead. Evolution law in action.

When it happens now it is usually related to the large intake of alcohol or other drugs.

:-DD