I have referred to a helpful internet article written by Biker/Solicitor John Measures of Barratts Solicitors previously and this Article was provoked by another one of his. Filtering past or through standing or slow moving traffic is common practice in UK but is it safe and is it legal?
With our busy and often traffic-clogged roads, the option to filter through standing or slow moving traffic is a potentially valuable aspect of life on two wheels, providing you have the confidence to do it and the perceptiveness to appreciate when it’s a bit too risky.
Not all GoldWing riders are confident enough to take their big bike into the relatively narrow gaps which filtering often involves but plenty are. When I get the chance to make progress while cars and trucks are stuck in traffic I do so, with contentment which sometimes verges on smugness at my good fortune at being a motorcyclist. Not only am I riding continues………









