{"id":8917,"date":"2024-12-09T11:39:39","date_gmt":"2024-12-09T08:39:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.magaripoa.com\/?p=8917"},"modified":"2024-12-09T11:39:39","modified_gmt":"2024-12-09T08:39:39","slug":"dangers-of-lane-splitting-to-the-bikers-motorists-and-pedestrians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.magaripoa.com\/gari\/dangers-of-lane-splitting-to-the-bikers-motorists-and-pedestrians\/","title":{"rendered":"Dangers of lane splitting to the bikers, motorists and pedestrians"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\">One of the most significant advantages of riding is lane-splitting. I do split but very cautiously. It poses too many risks to the rider i.e.:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\">A pedestrian may be crossing the road due to the slow flow of the traffic, and you won&#8217;t see them since you are at the mid-road.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\">A car ahead could have given way to another vehicle turning or entering the road, and you cant see it from the middle.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\">Sometimes I am reluctant to lane split and watch bodaboda guys split as nobody cares.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\">So there is a particular weekend I am on Eastern Bypass going to Murang&#8217;a. A meat delivery rider with the container at the back speeds from nowhere. I go out of the yellow line as I pave the way for him to pass. In less than 10metetres ahead, he knocks off a Mercedes side-mirror off and speeds.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\">I felt sorry for the cager. I decided to follow the guy but akanipotelea pale Kamakis. This led me to ask myself, do we have a good relationship between the riders and motorists on the roads? Imagine this driver spending more than 15k for someone&#8217;s ignorance, next time akipatana na rider, what will keep him off from pushing the rider out of the road?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\">Many riders, especially Bodaboda have contributed much to the menace. How many times do they scratch someone&#8217;s car and speed off? How often have they hit cars from behind after speedily tailgating and speed off after the act? <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\">These are some of the things that make riding a menace. Some of the drivers who are rogue to riders have got a bad firsthand experience with them.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\">If we can&#8217;t address this, then enmity will continue to grow.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/groups\/AMDiaries\/permalink\/10166180242770014\/?_rdr\">Motorcycle Diaries<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the most significant advantages of riding is lane-splitting. I do split but very cautiously. It poses too many risks to the rider i.e.: &nbsp; A pedestrian may be crossing the road due to the slow flow of the traffic, and you won&#8217;t see them since you are at the mid-road. &nbsp; A car&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8919,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7,1975],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-road-safety"],"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pej6K6-2jP","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.magaripoa.com\/gari\/wp-content\/uploads\/2e007700-e405-4a3b-9e93-f55df4f72964.jpeg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.magaripoa.com\/gari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8917","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.magaripoa.com\/gari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.magaripoa.com\/gari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.magaripoa.com\/gari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.magaripoa.com\/gari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8917"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.magaripoa.com\/gari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8917\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.magaripoa.com\/gari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8919"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.magaripoa.com\/gari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.magaripoa.com\/gari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.magaripoa.com\/gari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}