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Old 02-02-08, 09:22 PM
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Originally Posted by San Rensho
No, your definition of lane sharing is:

Lane-sharing: Traveling fully within a lane, but alongside another vehicle in that same lane. The other vehicle may be lane-sharing or lane-straddling.

And my point is riding alongside another vehicle is always one of the most dangerous things you can do on a bike.
In HH's examle, he's talking about a slow moving vehicle being alongside a faster moving vehicle. In order to be slow moving, the vehicle alongside must therefore be passing the slower vehicle. The alongside part only happens temporarily which greatly reduces the potential danger. Of course, I'm referring only to between intersections with that statement. At intersections, I would agree that it's not generally safe to be in a lane sharing position regardless of relative speeds.
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