Our previous posting on motorcycles "splitting lanes" touched off quite a few comments on the safety and sanity of the practice. (Read the previous post here.) Regarding comments over who's responsible for avoiding any collision between motorcycles and other vehicles, CHP Officer Jon Sloat said "splitting lanes" is an issue [...]

You're driving down 101 when suddenly a motorcyclist zooms past between you and the next car. Is that legal? It's called "splitting lanes," and, yes, it's legal. Or as CHP Officer Jon Sloat described it: "There's no law that says it's not." He said the motorcyclists can only do such [...]