Motorcyclists in 11 French departments will again be barred from driving between two lanes of vehicles from February 1, after a five-year trial comes to an end.
The trial - which began on February 1, 2016, and involved some 3,000km of roads in Ile-de-France, Bouches-du-Rhône, Gironde, and the Rhône - has concluded that the relatively common practice of motorbikes travelling in the gaps between two lanes of cars on dual carriageways is unsafe and should not be written into France's highway code.
Filtering (known as Lane Splitting in the USA) is allows riders to save time, bypassing traffic congestion, and may also be safer than stopping behind stationary vehicles. In the UK, filtering is legal & perfectly safe if done well. Another thing to watch out for when eventually we get a chance to go abroad on our Motorbikes!
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