{"id":43797,"date":"2014-07-24T09:12:01","date_gmt":"2014-07-24T15:12:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/07\/24\/are-safety-guidelines-an-endorsement.html"},"modified":"2014-07-24T10:25:14","modified_gmt":"2014-07-24T16:25:14","slug":"are-safety-guidelines-an-endorsement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/07\/24\/are-safety-guidelines-an-endorsement.html","title":{"rendered":"Are safety guidelines an endorsement?"},"content":{"rendered":"
I find myself increasingly against lane-splitting whenever I travel back to California, largely because it's not<\/i> done safety, and it being legal means its done by a lot of folk in an unsafe fashion.<\/p>\n

That having been said, the idea that the California Highway Patrol\u00a0can't post safety recommendations and guidelines around the (legal) practice without being seen as endorsing it seems — dumb. And not<\/i> conducive to safety.<\/p>\n

(h\/t +<\/span>Mary Oswell<\/a><\/span>)\ufeff<\/div>\n

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CHP stuck in the middle on motorcycle lane-splitting<\/a>
\n The California Highway Patrol has withdrawn its safety guidance on motorcycle lane-splitting.\n <\/p>\n

View this post on Google+<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I find myself increasingly against lane-splitting whenever I travel back to California, largely because it's not done safety, and it being legal means its done by a lot of folk in an unsafe fashion. 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