Is filtering addictive?
- Kwacky
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Is filtering addictive?
I frequently find myself getting nored behind a car, so I'll filter by. Then as soon as I've done that, I'm looking for my next target. I seem to start off doing normal speeds then remind myself on a bike I can get around on the roads much quicker, so my filtering speeds increase.
Surely I'm not alone in getting the buzz from it?
Surely I'm not alone in getting the buzz from it?
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Re: Is filtering addictive?
Love filtering! Grinning at drivers as you do it
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Re: Is filtering addictive?
Absolutely,I've had to pull myself into check a few times. It has been illegal here but as of June last year it is now legal to filter between traffic traveling at less than 30 km and at a speed no greater than 30 km.
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Re: Is filtering addictive?
Yes I enjoy it when at the lights and if I can see a point to do it. I'm not one for doing it if having to speed past though if by myself and not in a group
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Re: Is filtering addictive?
In the uk I think its OK to filter if below 30 mph.
Someone on here has quoted that figure before if I remeber rightly.
Someone on here has quoted that figure before if I remeber rightly.
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Re: Is filtering addictive?
Not sure there is a speed precedent set Blade, it's just up to the copper and they do you for dangerous driving or similar. Same with undertaking.
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Re: Is filtering addictive?
I thought someone on here got pulled by a cop who explained below 30 mph its filtering above 30 mph is as you say dangerous driving and they will look to convict.
Anyone remember quoting the 30 mph ?
Anyone remember quoting the 30 mph ?
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Re: Is filtering addictive?
From memory 30mph was a suggested top speed, not something set in stone.
Highway Code says
Manoeuvring. You should be aware of what is behind and to the sides before manoeuvring. Look behind you; use mirrors if they are fitted. When in traffic queues look out for pedestrians crossing between vehicles and vehicles emerging from junctions or changing lanes. Position yourself so that drivers in front can see you in their mirrors. Additionally, when filtering in slow-moving traffic, take care and keep your speed low.
This site suggests 20mph:
http://www.motorcycling-uk.com/training ... tering.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Contrary to the belief of some motorists, filtering is entirely legal in the UK, providing that it is done safely. Typically once traffic speeds are high enough to suggest that the traffic is no longer queuing, the police may then regard your manoeuvre as a dangerous overtake. So for example on a Motorway a rider unlikely to draw police attention if they filter traffic doing a maximum of 20ish mph and they themselves don’t pass at much over that speed.
Highway Code says
Manoeuvring. You should be aware of what is behind and to the sides before manoeuvring. Look behind you; use mirrors if they are fitted. When in traffic queues look out for pedestrians crossing between vehicles and vehicles emerging from junctions or changing lanes. Position yourself so that drivers in front can see you in their mirrors. Additionally, when filtering in slow-moving traffic, take care and keep your speed low.
This site suggests 20mph:
http://www.motorcycling-uk.com/training ... tering.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Contrary to the belief of some motorists, filtering is entirely legal in the UK, providing that it is done safely. Typically once traffic speeds are high enough to suggest that the traffic is no longer queuing, the police may then regard your manoeuvre as a dangerous overtake. So for example on a Motorway a rider unlikely to draw police attention if they filter traffic doing a maximum of 20ish mph and they themselves don’t pass at much over that speed.
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Re: Is filtering addictive?
It's just up to the copper to demonstrate that your riding falls below an acceptable standard. Neither filtering or undertaking at speed is illegal in it's self.
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Re: Is filtering addictive?
I should know this, but didn't they change the law so undertaking is no longer permitted? I think ti came in with the new lane hogging rules.
I could be wrong, it's not my area.
I could be wrong, it's not my area.
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Re: Is filtering addictive?
As I understand it and as it was explained to me in a Bikesafe course, you should only be filtering when the traffic is very slow moving. I don't think there is a suggested speed as such but I was told that once the traffic is moving at about 30mph you shouldn't really be filtering.
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Re: Is filtering addictive?
I am like that to a certain degree, but I do try to avoid wherever possible, as the long stints do get hypnotic, the main area where this is a nightmare is the M25. Dug out this clip from a few years back and to be fair even when I am in a car and a bike comes up on me, it does happen pretty quick, hence why I tend to keep my ears open for bikes, as I am likely to hear, before I see them.Kwacky wrote:I frequently find myself getting nored behind a car, so I'll filter by. Then as soon as I've done that, I'm looking for my next target. I seem to start off doing normal speeds then remind myself on a bike I can get around on the roads much quicker, so my filtering speeds increase.
Surely I'm not alone in getting the buzz from it?
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Re: Is filtering addictive?
Oh crap...even I know this stuff!! First off, forget the 30kph rule, or whatever that is.....we're not metric totally....yet. It's an advisement, that's all....you go blasting through traffic at 30mph when it's stopped...you'll prolly get pulled....but as I sagely pointed out to my ex, having blasted through about 6 miles of traffic...."How are they gonna catch us??"......Err, prolly 'cos we don't have plates the size of Skylab acting as air brakes....10-15mph above the flow is usually good.
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Re: Is filtering addictive?
The 19 miles or so of stationery traffic on the M25 this year when we went to Italy has put me off it for good. Hated it!
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Re: Is filtering addictive?
I got pulled by a bike cop for filtering he went apeshit at me,he said the traffic has to be queuing to filter.I didn't argue with him and just kept my gob shut