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1.媒體來源:
※ Los Angeles Time (作者專門寫汽機車商業新聞）


2.完整新聞標題:
※ Motorcycle lane-splitting inches closer to becoming law


3.完整新聞內文:
A California bill that would define and facilitate regulations for motorcycle
lane-splitting has moved one step closer to becoming law.

Rep. Bill Quirk’s (D-Hayward) Assembly Bill 51 received unanimous support in
the California Senate on Monday and after amendments passed out of that body
on Thursday with a 74-0 “yes” vote, Quirk’s office said.

AB 51 now moves to the desk of Gov. Jerry Brown for his signature.

If passed, the law would make California the first U.S. state to allow the
controversial practice, in which motorcyclists use the spaces between lanes
to avoid being stuck in heavy traffic.

To date, the practice — common in many European countries but expressly
against the law in other U.S. states — is not technically legal in
California but is tolerated as legal by law enforcement agencies.
I wish they’d lock these guys up and throw away the key. — Simi Valley
resident John Wade, who opposes lane-splitting

The current legislation would allow the California Highway Patrol to
establish guidelines for safe lane-splitting.

For many years, the CHP posted such safety guidelines on its websites, as did
the Department of Motor Vehicles.

Studies have shown that motorcyclists in heavy traffic are safer when
lane-splitting than when they’re not — in part because lane-splitting
eliminates the risk of being rear-ended by an inattentive driver. Studies
have also shown that motorcyclists who lane-split regularly are more likely
to be safer riders, properly licensed and fitted with safety gear, and less
likely to ride while impaired by drugs or alcohol.

The Senate vote was greeted with enthusiasm by members of the motorcycle
community.
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“I ride every day, and lane-splitting is an enormous time saver,” said
enthusiast and motorcycle industry professional Kevin Allen. “Lane-splitting
is a practice that should be legalized formally in California and eventually
every state in the U.S., especially if we continue to raise awareness about
motorcycling with this new law.”

Opponents, meanwhile, were dismayed.

John Wade, who works in film distribution and commutes to Universal City from
Simi Valley on the 5 and 170 freeways, hopes lane-splitting will not become
law and feels the practice  should be illegal. He thinks it’s unsafe for
riders and the cars they might run into.

“But if the Highway Patrol doesn't enforce it, what difference does it make?
” Wade asked. “I wish they’d lock these guys up and throw away the key.”


4.完整新聞連結 (或短網址):
http://goo.gl/KQDS4F


5.備註:
※ 一個人一天只能張貼一則新聞，被刪或自刪也算額度內，超貼者水桶，請注意

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是美國第一個在規定範圍內能合法鑽車縫的州.(歐洲國家大多能合法鑽,尤其是法國)


合法範圍是:
"between rows of stopped or moving vehicles in the same lane if the motorcycle
is not driven at a speed of more than 50 miles per hour and  the motorcycle
is driven no more than  15  miles per hour faster than the speed of traffic."


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