There has been an ongoing dialogue in the RACQ magazine about the legalities of lane splitting in Queensland. This month, the definitive answer from the Queensland Police Service. "Senior Constable Jeff Douglas from the State Traffic Taskforce said lane splitting was a grey area." (Well that clears it up!) " "The legislation doesn't stop motorcyclists from doing it, so therefore it's legal to do it," Snr Const Douglas said." Basically you can lane split, but you will get pinged if the traffic isn't stationary, it is 'unsafe', if you straddle lanes, don't indicate while changing lanes, or use the lane shoulder. Whether or not your average HWP grunt will understand the subtleties is a different matter. "Queensland Transport is consulting motorcycle groups about changes to Queensland laws, after initially stating that lane splitting was being reviewed." (Translation: they are about to specifically outlaw it.) Ian.
