njkayaker

You are putting words in my mouth. I did not say "completely".

Quite. The first sentence is an especially interesting read.

"Lane splitting is riding a bicycle or motorcycle between lanes in the same direction as traffic."

This is clearly not the same thing as a bicycle sharing a lane in the FRAP situation. It's clearly different!

In Texas, "lane splitting" is different than what is allowed for bicycles and it's more limited and it's restricted explicitly to motorcycles!

http://www.statesurge.com/bills/451626-sb-506-texas

As far as can tell, "lane splitting" is the term used legally for what is described in wikipedia. Calling it "lane sharing" appears to be much less common (and confusing).

http://www.chp.ca.gov/html/answers.html

Such laws are common (if not universal). Bicycles are explicit exceptions. "Lane splitting", in those states that it's legal, is another exception.

https://www.oregonlaws.org/ors/811.370.html

Either "lane splitting" is allowed explicitly or it is disallowed by the laws that require vehicles to travel within lanes. Bicycles are allowed explicitly (by FRAP laws) to "lane share" (a phrase that, as far as I can tell, isn't used legally).

I wasn't trying to imply that. As far as I know, no state law prohibits that.

My definition is the one you referenced!

"Lane splitting is riding a bicycle or motorcycle between lanes in the same direction as traffic."

The following indicates that the legalities of lane splitting is complicated for motorcyclists.

http://www.whybike.com/motorcycle164.htm