My initial impression was that he erred. The regs I had seen clearly stated that it was permissible, but I have not kept abreast of it as I do not ride a motor cycle. I personally have never had a problem with lane splitting. The Metro chap was interviewed for the express purpose of bringing finality to the issue. I was particularly struck by the fact that motorists were requested to report "offenders" to the authorities. The difficulty is that misinformation creates confusion and this also leads to an increase of the tensions between the various categories of road user. This impacts directly on all of us whether we think we can reason better than others or not. We may think it is safe to proceed through a red traffic light, but it may not be objectively speaking. By way of example, I discovered this weekend that my vehicle has a blind spot if I approach a T-junction set at a certain angle. (To the cyclist rocking the ironic van dyke facial thatch - my profuse apologies again. Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa. We both got a fright and parted amicably). My reasoning was therefore impaired by factors that I had not accounted for, despite my best efforts at the time. Traffic rules are there to give all road users a reasonable expectation regarding the conduct of others. The system is not infallible, merely the best in the circumstances until amended with proper communication to all road users.
