People here have issues with lane splitting not because they perceive it to be dangerous. But they don't like the idea of someone ''budging'' them and moving ahead.
People get mad when people drive to the end of the merge lane to zipper merge, even though it's what you're supposed to do. People get mad when you try to pass them, sometimes accelerating to cut you off and prevent you from moving ahead. Heck, people get mad when you walk faster them then to the front of the till at the grocery store.
Lane splitting work perfectly fine in many other countries. In Deerfoot going 100+ km/h with people weaving all over the place? Probably not. But in gridlock. Absolutely 100% it should be allowed.
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