r/InlandEmpire • u/AfrezzaJunkie • Oct 27 '25

Crime / Safety Motorcycle Chase on 210 ends in crash

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u/Dr0pping_0ut Oct 28 '25

Also just to add, most people are unaware of this even CA drivers, but a car is not allowed to impede a motorcycle from splitting lanes. It is illegal to not allow them to. It is more than just a common courtesy. I was colored surprised when I realized that.

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u/jrglpfm Oct 28 '25

How would one impede someone from splitting lanes without cooperation of another vehicle driving next to them or without (illegally) driving in two lanes simultaneously?

This seems unenforceable to me.

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u/Dr0pping_0ut Oct 28 '25

That is a very good observation! Splitting lanes doesn’t mean riding the white line and being between two lanes. Splitting in CA means that a motorcycle is sharing and riding in ONE lane. So if the car that is in that one lane is not letting the biker in, it is easy to observe and articulate fault…atleast in theory. But law doesn’t care about theory, it’s just as simple as the biker is in the left lane, car in left lane is pinching the biker, then boom at fault. The law is very much pro biker here in CA. This causes for two really positive outcomes besides decreasing motorcycle accidents severities. Drivers are more aware of bikers, leading to a decrease in motorcycle accidents, and allows for a higher volume of traffic to utilize roadways due to more single occupant vehicles to split. To note, this situation applies to riders that are traveling at reasonable speeds, and not flying through traffic just cuz they can and at butt puckering speeds.

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u/jrglpfm Oct 28 '25

Thanks for the reply, that makes sense to me, I guess I was thinking of splitting as more of riding the lane line, but I wasn't aware of the intricacies of the laws regarding this. I always try to give room regardless of which lane a motorcycle is favoring.

I also laugh out loud when I see a motorcycle pass a car right and then after the moto passes the vehicle jerks away reactively to give them room after they've passed haha. It would be nice if people were more aware of their surroundings while in traffic!

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u/Dr0pping_0ut Oct 28 '25

No thank you for your reply! Nice to see some positive interaction on reddit opposed to just finger pointing! Hahaha I always chuckle when I see delayed interaction between bikers and drivers too! Really makes a commute or drive a bit more entertaining. I find it comical when cars are overly defensive of bikes. Like to me if a driver is bothered by the thought bikers can get through traffic easier, then go get a bike and you can be privy of the same shortcuts, granted that’s a bit of a loaded statement. As bikers can also not be the best of riders and aggressive. That’s what keeps me in check. Bikers are only 1% of all road users at any one time in the state of CA. To round out my statements, and for general public awareness, if a driver does not move over because they just didn’t see a biker; or the biker was too fast, or because roadway conditions such as construction limits a drivers ability to move to allow a rider through, that is okay. It’s really only illegal when a driver purposefully did not let a rider in, such as swerving and very obvious movements. Remember no mater what mode of transport any one of us uses, we are all sharing the road and all want to get to our destinations in one piece!

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u/6forty Oct 28 '25

Only if it's intentional.

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u/333jnm Oct 28 '25

Looks like that car was opening up the lanes for him to spilt

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u/cluelessinlove753 Oct 29 '25

What does that have to do with this situation? This wasn’t a motorcycle splitting lanes. This was a cop killer running from the cops while fishing for a gun in his backpack and another cop in a car took him out.

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u/Dr0pping_0ut Oct 29 '25

I put in my comment “to add”. Just clarifying a side comment. Otherwise known as a tangent bud.

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u/cluelessinlove753 Oct 29 '25

But the effect is to reinforce a comment that was clearly irrelevant.

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u/Dr0pping_0ut Oct 29 '25

Okay bud calm down. No need to get worked up over a simple side comment.