Even in California it is illegal to pass on the outside of the left or right lanes. You have to be splitting two lanes of traffic for it to be legal. When I lived in CA it was OK to split if the traffic was going 35MPH or slower, but you can only split the lane 15MPH faster than the slowing traffic. So, if all the cars are going 15MPH then I can legally split between them at 30MPH. Generally I only went about 5 -10MPH faster than the surrounding traffic.
If you have ever ridden in CA stop, and go highway traffic then you will understand why lane splitting truly benefits all.
Tom
Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
Benjamin Franklin, US author, diplomat, inventor, physicist, politician, & printer (1706 - 1790)
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