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hippy
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I saw a rather nasty crash involving a motor scooter and a car this
morning. It appears that the scooter was riding south along Glenferrie
and a car turning right into a lane crossed his/her path. I heard the
crunch and when I looked up the scooter rider was on the bonnet and the
scooter was crunched into the left hand side of the car.
I'm not sure if the scooter was lane-splitting to the left of slowed
cars (thereby making him/her almost invisible to the turning car) or if
the driver simply didn't see them coming and turned in their path.
Ambulance called, driver shaken, rider looks mendable.
Anyway, this raised some questions:
I believe I am allowed to ride to the left of cars (lane-splitting) so
long as none of the cars are indicating a left turn (this is the Vic law
I think). Is this correct?
I believe a law was introduced 6-12 months ago that prevented motorbikes
(and I assume motor scooters too) doing the same lane-splitting thing?
Is this correct?
I've had some close calls whilst riding to the left of stopped cars when
I haven't noticed a side-street and a right-turning car would just
'appear' in front of me through a gap in the stopped cars. Happens a lot
on Burke Rd. Camberwell because of all the pissy side-streets and
yuppies in 4wd's that I can't see over..
Anyway, if I can pass cars on their left, who's in the wrong if I
connect with a right-turner going through the gap in traffic?
Also, who would be at fault in the scooter incident above?
hippy
"thinking out loud.."
morning. It appears that the scooter was riding south along Glenferrie
and a car turning right into a lane crossed his/her path. I heard the
crunch and when I looked up the scooter rider was on the bonnet and the
scooter was crunched into the left hand side of the car.
I'm not sure if the scooter was lane-splitting to the left of slowed
cars (thereby making him/her almost invisible to the turning car) or if
the driver simply didn't see them coming and turned in their path.
Ambulance called, driver shaken, rider looks mendable.
Anyway, this raised some questions:
I believe I am allowed to ride to the left of cars (lane-splitting) so
long as none of the cars are indicating a left turn (this is the Vic law
I think). Is this correct?
I believe a law was introduced 6-12 months ago that prevented motorbikes
(and I assume motor scooters too) doing the same lane-splitting thing?
Is this correct?
I've had some close calls whilst riding to the left of stopped cars when
I haven't noticed a side-street and a right-turning car would just
'appear' in front of me through a gap in the stopped cars. Happens a lot
on Burke Rd. Camberwell because of all the pissy side-streets and
yuppies in 4wd's that I can't see over..
Anyway, if I can pass cars on their left, who's in the wrong if I
connect with a right-turner going through the gap in traffic?
Also, who would be at fault in the scooter incident above?
hippy
"thinking out loud.."