H*ll! I've been tryin' to explain to folks this very same thing AND for the very same reasons for YEARS now!
(...but do they LISTEN???!!!)
HOWEVER, in the defense of those non-riding folks who can't seem to fathom how this practice can possibly be safe at all, those non-riding folks often DO SEE some moronic SQUIDS pass between them and the car next to them at WAY too fast a speed while said squid is lane-splitting.
And so, JUST LIKE the morons who ride their motorcycles around with WAY too loud of exhausts, BOTH of these type of clowns DO US ALL a DISSERVICE in regards to how motocycles AND motorcyclists are perceived by the non-riding general public, and thus often eventually the powers-that-be pass ill-informed legislation which restricts ALL motorcyclists(and that includes YOU and ME who may possess modicum common sense when it comes the these issues) from these practices(lane-splitting AND exhaust-modification) "thanks to" the above mentioned squids and attention seeking morons!!!
