Lane Splitting Bill Passes Committee Vote

       Attention Texas Motorcyclists

            03/24/2009 Action Alert - Lane Splitting Bill Passes Committee
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            Senate Bill 506, sponsored by Senator John Carona (R-Dallas),
would permit a motorcycle operator and any passenger who wear protective
headgear to ride for a safe distance between lanes of traffic moving in the
same direction during periods of traffic congestion under the following
conditions:

                 (A) at a speed not more than five miles per hour greater
than the speed of the other traffic;

                 (B) in traffic that is moving at a speed of 20 miles per
hour or less; and

                 (C) in a location other than a school crossing zone or a
location where the posted speed limit is 20 miles per hour or less.

            SB-506 was reported favorably out of the Senate Committee on
Transportation and Homeland Security on March 20 by a 7-2 vote.

            California motorcyclists have been lane splitting for many
years; according to the California Highway Patrol website, "Lane splitting
by motorcycles is permissible but must be done in a safe and prudent
 manner."

            Now is the time to contact your state senator to let him or her
know your position on lane splitting and SB-506.  Click here to obtain
contact information for your senator.

            Click here to view the history and text of SB-506.