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01 Feb 2007
Question
is "Lane-Splitting" legal for motorcycles in South-Africa?
Answer
Here, in SA, this is illegal. It goes to overtaking a vehicle, and that requires indication of a change in direction, moving out (to the left or right depending on the type of road) and then accelerating past, indicating again, and moving back in front of the vehicle.
Lane splitting - as per definition means squeezing between rows of vehicles.
This practice is dangerous, hazardous for other road users and is illegal.
When you change direction or change a lane, you must indicate your intention to do so before performing the maneuver. Swerving between vehicles, squeezing past in the same lane, riding on the lane demarcation lines is all illegal and constitutes reckless driving in any sense.
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