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I didn't read page 2, so if this was said there please disregard this post:
How much was the ticket for?
Just some dumbass
Your example has the car pulling to the right. Technically - out of the traveled lane with the bike passing on the left - no lane splitting/sharing happened. The original post has the motorcyle passing a number of waiting cars (still in the travelled lane and considered operated vehicles) stopped at a light on the right. They got issued a legit ticket.
We've all snuck slowly around one car waiting to go straight at a light so we can make a right turn. Unless there is a designated turn lane this is illegal, but if the room is there most police won't bother you for it.
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$100. i don't really care about the cost of the ticket, it's the 2 points on the insurance that's going to cost me 10x that much.
hurray, strikethrough!
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im going with... you lose.
$100?
think of all the times you got away with it. it seems like a dumb thing to get bagged for since people do illegal things all the time, like using the suicide lane to merge into traffic, or passing on the shoulder (right) when a vehicle is waiting to turn left, or driving a 1/4 down the suicide lane to get to the light to turn left.
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this is the only time i've done it, so it would appear i've never gotten away with it.
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My latest mantra for MA cage drivers
-- "The rocks in your brain are the gravel in my path" --
Let's look at the language:
There is no language about which side, in or out of the travelling lane or any mention of any other section which would supercede it. The very fact that it does not allow for any circumstances along the lines of what you have suggested is "obvious", just mioght be the way to get the ticket dismissed.M.G.L. 89-4A
Chapter 89: Section 4A. Driving vehicles in a single lane; motorcycles, riding and passing
Section 4A. When any way has been divided into lanes, the driver of a vehicle shall so drive that the vehicle shall be entirely within a single lane, and he shall not move from the lane in which he is driving until he has first ascertained if such movement can be made with safety. The operators of motorcycles shall not ride abreast of more than one other motorcycle, shall ride single file when passing, and shall not pass any other motor vehicle within the same lane, except another motorcycle.
I would think any attorney could argue the unenforceability of the law as written given the "obviousness" of real world situations.
My latest mantra for MA cage drivers
-- "The rocks in your brain are the gravel in my path" --