I can see how white lining can be safer for your bikes engine if you live in a traffic laden state, or extremely hot place. I still, after reading this thread, fail to see how it is safer for the biker, and the cager. It is a blatantly aggresive, risky behavior. You make a decision every time you get on your bike, about how safe a rider you want to be. Riding inches away from cars on both sides of you just doesn't really make much sense to me.
I'm in jersey, been in plenty of stop and go traffic, and never overheated. (not saying it doesn't happen, conditions just have to be perfect) I see to many i-pod toting, cell phone tapping, teenage space cadets to ever do it. Plus it just pisses me off. Wait in turn like everyone else!
