boothy.com Filtering in NSW legalised

[pepsi]

http://www.news.com.au/national/new-...-1226838504353

So thats pretty good

It's from July 1st i believe

[ajs991]

Excellent.

[smellytofu]

Well done!!!

[Gus The Snail]

Newman wont allow it here , lose too much revenue.

[BigMuz]

Good one.

[myliberty]

A win for common sense.

No clarification around filtering on just one wheel though, I'd like to know if that's all good too.

[brasher]

fuck filtering at 30kph, I wouldn't try that I reckon. Pretty sketchy.

But a good law none the less. Now I'll be doing it legally at least lol.

[piss98]

Fucking winner, fingers crossed for Qld but with numnuts in charge who knows.

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[Banzai]

First sensible road law change in years. Bring it on!!!

[smellytofu]

fuck filtering at 30kph, I wouldn't try that I reckon. Pretty sketchy.

But a good law none the less. Now I'll be doing it legally at least lol.

Not now, 1st July is when it's legal.

[Shifty]

Bit ridiculous there's a three month lead-in... so they acknowledge and accept that it's safe& reasonable practice and even agree to accept it. But you are still doing it illegally between now & then.

Still three months aint bad, QLD will get this in another 50 years. Maybe.

[irsa76]

Another rule change for the better is NSW requirement for rear indicator separation of 300mm has been amended to bring it in line with the ADR requirement of 180mm. I'd be interested how many defects of standard, ADR compliant bikes were issued and actually upheld though? Would be really messy if someone took it to court, since Federal law over rules state/local laws.

[Fraud]

isn't this already legal when the cars are stopped? I'd always assumed it had been, and I actively move over if possible to give them room...

I reckon its a pretty shit idea in moving traffic though, even if it is 20kmh bullshit stop start traffic... you'll get the 10% of bike riders who are hot headed trying to filter past the 10% of drivers who think that motorbikes are evil, and the 30% who are just useless.

bikes can use bus lanes in NSW can't they? that article suggests that is being revoked as this rule gets brought in?

[XXX19X]

AFAIK bikes can go into transit lanes without a pillion passenger but not bus lanes. Correct me if I am wrong.

[myliberty]

I was that guy that filtered to the front of the line, then stalled the bike and held everyone up today.

Good times. It doesn't always go to plan.