What is lane splitting?

1. Riding in the left lane position
2. The practice of riding in between two lanes ✓
3. Riding next to another motorcycle
4. Passing a vehicle on the right

Answer: B. The practice of riding in between two lanes

Lane splitting is the practice of riding between lanes of traffic.

Why this is the answer

The handbook lists lane splitting among dangerous lane positions to avoid and defines it as riding between lanes of traffic. It also says lane splitting is illegal in B.C. and dangerous, because stopped or slow-moving traffic may suddenly start, someone may change lanes or open a door, and the rider has no space margin to protect them.

Why the other answers are wrong

• A. Riding in the left lane position — Riding in the left lane position is a position within a lane, not the practice of riding between lanes of traffic.
• C. Riding next to another motorcycle — Riding next to another motorcycle does not describe riding between lanes of traffic, which is what the handbook defines as lane splitting.
• D. Passing a vehicle on the right — Passing a vehicle on the right is a passing maneuver, not the practice of riding between lanes.

Remember it

Picture a rider squeezed into the gap between two cars in neighboring lanes; that gap is what the handbook calls lane splitting.