Re: [ST] filtering

[Matt Knowles <matt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

When I was commuting in the Bay Area, I made sure not to follow a bike with
loud pips when lane splitting. The cagers are already a frustrated bunch,
and a bit envious of seeing the bikes lane split. Bikes with loud pipes or
riders who lane split too fast often put them over the edge and I would see
them try to take  out their anger on the next biker to go by them. I sure
didn't want to be that biker.

>>In California, we filter through traffic, too. I do it every day. So I still
>haven't seen any advantage of loud pipes. It's pretty much hte same, I never
>hear them until they are beside me, then it just pisses me off!

Matt Knowles
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