Victoria's Roads and Road Safety Minister Luke Donnellan MP has announced that motorcycle filtering will be introduced in Victoria by September 1, 2015.

Nice  

 

 

hopefully coming to WA soon as well!  

geez we beat you at something.........so no bringing my helmet camera for the 'BMR' then?

http://www.bikesales.com.au/content/news/2015/US-study-lane-filtering-motorcyclists-safer-51678/

Quote from: ungeheuer on June 05, 2015, 05:29:47 AM
http://www.bikesales.com.au/content/news/2015/US-study-lane-filtering-motorcyclists-safer-51678/

If you were arguing about lane filtering from a safety point of view ... I see very little in that article to argue for it. There are a lot of numbers with very little context ... too many 'what ifs' for it to mean anything to me.

I note the article is about splitting and the comment at the bottom is about the legality of filtering, which is a somewhat different practice. A bit misleading!  Personally I condone filtering, and have been doing it for years, but find the thought of splitting a bit scary.  I certainly wouldn't want to split with the idiot car drivers in these parts who neither know how to signal nor what lane they want to be in. At least with filtering the cars are stationary.

http://www.premier.vic.gov.au/victorians-to-have-their-say-on-motorcycle-lane-filtering

Anyone know of the outcome of the public consultation?

Legal from Nov 2.

http://www.premier.vic.gov.au/new-rules-to-make-lane-filtering-safe-and-legal

Enjoyed lots of lane filtering today, knowing that no matter how many car drivers were peeved or jealous, they would simply have to suck it up. Lol!

No reason for jealousy.  Everybody is free to ride a motorcycle if they wish. 

Quite true!

There will be many though, who always wanted a motorbike, but their mum or wife or whoever would 'kill' them if they did.

So they didn't! Lol!

wish I could filter, but the Yaris is a little too wide.....

Soon Nibor, soon!