Aureate Clothing Co . Black Friday Clearance Sale . Items 75 % off www . aureateclothing . com <| sep |> It was deleted , now I ' m curious as to what it was <| sep |> Hey thanks ! Means a lot , i ' ve read all the major reports about filtering at least once , the UC Berkeley report multiple times . Unfortunately it really does , for the most part , require getting in the saddle to understand it . Many people don ' t understand why bikes are always going faster , swerving around in their lane , or changing their lane position at all , and weaving in and out of traffic . The biggest asset to a motorcycle are size , acceleration , and maintaining momentum . The biggest hindrance to motorcycles is being stopped in traffic , and having no safety cage . I think if it was somehow required for all drivers to at least go through motorcycle training and maybe a few rides in traffic we wouldn ' t have the driving culture we currently have towards motorcycles . To be honest I didnt really understand it either until I started riding . What I mean by it is how people in traffic behave in general . The outstanding lack of everyone helping each other out in traffic just astounds me , not letting people zipper merge which IIRC reduces congestion by 15 % when done properly because FUCK THAT GUY TRYING TO GET IN FRONT OF ME , FUCK OFF HOW DARE HE ! And the seemingly proportional ratio of how your car increases in value , the chances of you using your indicators reduces proportionately . If everyone switched their mindsets about traffic from ME , to US , I think we would see a huge turn around in the general attitude around here . It is this exact attitude that pisses most people off about filtering . And if you read between the lines of what most cagers will say about the topic in the undoubted coming comments they will say stuff like cutting in line , dangerous , lose your license , hope you die and generally toxic stuff . They read to me as jealousy , frustration , I wish I could do that , etc . They are more than welcome to try and run me over when the light turns green , they just have to catch me first . This is what pisses me off , is that peoples gut reactions and assumptions are driving public policy . The simple fact is we have every incentive to actually legalize filtering , sooner rather than later . Traffic isn ' t getting any better , despite ICBC and the RCMP people are not putting their phones down . The weather is getting warmer , it probably gets around 10 degrees hotter than OAT inside my gear , AKA I can only physically sit for so long before I need to get some air flow over me SOMEHOW . Its a frustrating dilemma , a report from Belgium that had a section translated talked about accidents motorcycles were involved in on highways . There were 203 accidents , 18 % of all accidents were due to regular overtaking maneuvers . Only 2 were due to filtering . Which begs the question What is riskier , sitting in traffic patiently like we ' re expected to and make the statistically riskier choice once it starts moving again ? Or filter to the front and make the illegal one ? I know which one I choose when my pores look like the Niagara falls . Anyways I could rant and rant and rant about this subject , but I wont bore everyone with more unless they want me to . Once again thanks , ride safe !