Scooter Splits Lanes, Driver Turns, Crash Follows
14 Sep 2013, 08:53 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Bad afternoon for a scooter rider in Riga, the capital of Latvia, as his fast lane splitting came to a bitter end with massive help from a driver. While lane splitting at significantly higher spe...
Lane Splitting Video Advice from the California Highway Patrol
9 Sep 2013, 13:11 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / There's an open debate on lane splitting in many countries and states, but it looks like California got ahead of the pack. The California Highway Patrol has finally surfaced safety guidelines f...
Speeding Bike Spectacularly Rear-Ending Van on Russian Highway
22 Aug 2013, 09:51 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / There are quite a lot of things which can technically go wrong when riding on a crowded highway, from reckless motorists who change lanes without signaling and making the most surprising maneuvers w...
Definitely Not a Good Day for Lane Splitting
12 Aug 2013, 15:00 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Lane splitting while riding at significantly higher speed than the rest of the traffic is by all means one of the surest ways to be involved in an accident, and this Russian rider was unlucky enough...
A Little Bit of Speed and a Car Door
3 Aug 2013, 07:52 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Riding fast in the first lane passing parked cars is definitely not the safest thing to to, regardless of the country. Judging by the swear words in Russian, you've probably guessed the par...
Good-Old Open Door-in-Your-Face
26 Jul 2013, 09:41 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Legal or not, lane splitting is a maneuver which requires extreme awareness from the two-wheeled motorist doing it. While in some states and countries lane-splitting at low speed and obeying sev...
Most Common Motorcycle Myths Debunked Part 7: Multi-Vehicle Crashes
19 Jul 2013, 16:13 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Regarded by some as the shortest way to an early grave, motorcycles come with the best of both worlds: the ultimate feel of freedom and adrenaline and risks which are many times higher than what peo...
Volkswagen Uses Bikers to Advertise Side Assist Safety Technology
18 Jul 2013, 10:01 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Here's a nice piece of motorcycle safety news, but this time it comes from the automotive industry, namely from Volkswagen. Probably worried by the number of crashes caused by drivers who do no...
Idiot Kia Driver Crashes into Ducati Diavel
20 Jun 2013, 14:48 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Some idiots can't stand watching a rider squeezing by in slow or stuck traffic: some will just become angry, some would honk and swear, and the stupidest of them all will unleash the road rage,...
Rider Crashed into by Ignorant Driver
17 May 2013, 09:48 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Failing to obey the basic road safety regulations is always one sure way to cause trouble, and failing to check one's mirrors prior to changing lanes is probably one of the most common ignorant...
That's Why We Hate Those Who Don't Signal in Due Time
8 May 2013, 11:50 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / A lot of abuse came into mind as we watched this video, but we'll refrain from reproducing such words here. However, this very video shows exactly why we hate the guts of those who don't u...
Driver Causes High-Speed Highway Crash
6 May 2013, 13:48 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Lane splitting is definitely not the best way to ride on Russian roads, and doing this at high speed is a very good recipe for a serious crash. Now, if we add the recklessness of a driver in this...
Watch and Learn: Rider Splits Lanes Carelessly and Crashes Silly
28 Apr 2013, 14:03 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / When splitting lanes, there are some rules which must be obeyed, and being extra aware of what's going on around the bike is paramount. Failing to correctly asses the traffic situations and thu...
Even Splitting Lanes with Stopped Cars Is Dangerous with Stupid Drivers
18 Apr 2013, 13:44 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / There is much talk about the legal aspects of lane splitting, with some of those opposing such maneuvers claiming they are safe only when cars are stopped. However, watching this video will shad som...
Could Nevada Become the Second State with Legal Lane Splitting?
17 Apr 2013, 12:32 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / A lane-splitting law has already passes the transportation committee in the state of Nevada and is now heading for the next state assembly, then the senate. We can only hope that Nevada becomes the ...
Lane Splitting Is Risky in Russia
16 Apr 2013, 11:48 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / As if riding a bike in busy traffic was not risky enough, here is a rider splitting lanes and being utterly unable to avoid the ignorant driver changing lanes without signaling and ... you guessed i...
Most Common Motorcycle Myths Debunked: Part 5
4 Aug 2012, 07:43 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Hello, fellow riders, and welcome to another episode in our cover story dedicated to motorcycle myths. So far we've discussed the noise and the helmet issues, and we've explained why rider...
There Is No War
9 Jun 2012, 09:08 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / I guess I'm about to become some sort of devil's advocate in this matter, since it's both unfair and silly to analyze the topic of “road rights” from a single point of vie...