[petra303]

Lane filtering solves this fear. Should be legal nation wide.

[bink]

As a motorcyclist, lane filtering also comes with some dangers. It's up to each motorcyclist to decide if it's worth it. I lane split in heavy traffic in CA but I'm also very wary about being the first vehicle into an intersection after a light changes. I see far more people running red lights around me than I do people rear ending stopped traffic at a light. I'm glad we have the option.

[JKCalhoun]

Lane filtering is apparently "lane splitting" at lower speeds.

[dharmab]

They're different. Filtering is between stopped cars, splitting is in moving traffic.

[outer_web]

Been riding for two decades and my understanding has been that 'splitting' is the yank term and 'filtering' is the britbong one.

[whartung]

Nobody is going to cite you for filtering if you move into the gap to avoid a collision.

[snozolli]

Filtering as a matter of habit eliminates the risk. That's OP's point, not that motorcyclists should watch their mirrors like a hawk and jump between lanes when they decide that the driver behind them might not stop.