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From: phil@amdcad.UUCP (Phil Ngai)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: Motorcycles driving between lanes -- legal?
Message-ID: <4614@amdcad.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 5-Oct-85 03:45:52 EDT
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Posted: Sat Oct  5 03:45:52 1985
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In article <102@sdcc7.UUCP> paloma@sdcc7.UUCP (Cindy Paloma) writes:
>by in the region between lanes.  One motorcyclist lost control of his
>bike; hit a car on one side, bounced off, hit a car on the other side, 
>bounced off again and went down, sliding, and was then run over by a car.  
>(Serves him right, you say?)

Yes! He probably wasn't wearing a helmet either.

>What I want to know is this:  Is it legal (in California, or anywhere)
>for motorcycles to drive between lanes, 

From the California Vehicle Code, Div. 11, Section 21658a:

	"A vehicle shall be driven as nearly as practical entirely
within a single lane..."

>or on the shoulders, when traffic 
>is backed up?  I've seen lots of motorcyclists do just that, and also 
>the CHP motorcycle patrol.  It seems to be a dangerous thing to do.

I've seen motorcyclists get cited for it but I don't know under which
section of the CVC. CHP of course can do anything they want. It does
seem dangerous.
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