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You need to know these things about motorcycle drilling seams

When it comes to "drilling the seams", I believe that everyone will not be unfamiliar.

Imagine that in the traffic jam, you ride a motorcycle through the car array, but the car in the rearview mirror can only stay in the same place, and it is inevitable that a sense of superiority will arise in your heart.

You need to know these things about motorcycle drilling seams

Yes, this is indeed one of the few advantage scenarios for motorcycles over cars.

But, at the same time, I wonder if you have carefully reviewed what kind of behavior drilling the seam is? Is it reasonable, is it safe, should it be legalized?

This article will briefly discuss these issues.

What is a drill seam?

Drilling sewing is called "Lane splitting" in foreign countries, which translates to "lane splitting".

My understanding is that there are originally only two lanes in the direction of travel, but when the motorcycle crosses between the two cars, the road is divided into a third.

You need to know these things about motorcycle drilling seams

Schematic diagram of drilling sewing seams

I have to say that the thinking of foreigners is quite ... Refresh the cognition.

The author has always subconsciously believed that when drilling the seam, the motorcycle is in the middle of two lanes, which is an "unconventional" behavior, and when arguing about its rationality, it is naturally at a disadvantage. Now to paraphrase the idea of foreigners, "where the wheel is the road, the car has the right on the road", and the aura of justice is added in an instant.

Accidentally crooked a building, let's pull the train of thought back and continue to give a clear definition of the drill sewing. Here's Chinese Wikipedia:

Drilling a car seam refers to a vehicle (including a motorcycle or bicycle) with a narrow body width than a private car, etc., when driving in the same direction of the car with slow or stagnant traffic, from the two streams of traffic, or the remaining space or gap between the car and the lane line.

Two key points, traffic flow is slow or stagnant, overtaking.

Therefore, the essence of drilling a car joint is the same lane overtaking behavior under specific conditions.

Is it safer to drill the seams?

With a clear definition of the drill seam, let's discuss its safety.

This is really a question of war, but unfortunately, the author's ability is limited, and I have not found that there is an authoritative body to give a clear answer.

But there are two things that need to be understood.

First, when a motorcycle drills a seam, the accident avoidance rate is much lower (the driver's reaction time is short).

Studies have shown that the accident avoidance rate when motorcycles drill sewn is only 0.4%.

In contrast, the accident avoidance rates of driving at a uniform speed in a straight line and passing through continuous corners at low speeds were 49.1% and 12.1%, respectively.

Second, the motorcycle continuously drills the seam in a straight line and travels to the front of the formation, which increases the circulation of the road (reduces congestion).

Pay attention to the highlighted keywords, which I think are basically nonsense, but they are strong arguments for the rationalization of drilling sewing behavior.

In addition, there are also some celebrities in the foreign motorcycle circle who say that it is safer to legally drill the seam than to block it in place, such as David L. Hough (motorcycle reporter).

But when I ask myself, I still feel that drilling the seams actually increases the risk of traffic accidents. These celebrities say that most likely they are referring to deer as horses for political purposes.

Of course, this is only my personal opinion, and I can't help but imagine that the car doors next to each other will suddenly open.

Precautions for drilling seams

Contrary to your first impression, there are not many countries and regions in the real world that legalize drilling seams, and more places define this as illegal.

The United States (a limited number of states), the United Kingdom, Poland, Australia, Hong Kong, Taiwan, etc. are a few areas where drilling is legally allowed, but even so, it is not possible to "drill at the sight of a seam".

In Australia, for example, they began the legalization process of drilling sewing seams in 2014 and did not achieve the unification of the whole territory until 2021. Their constraints on drilling seams are mainly as follows:

1. Official motorcycle driver's license (not available during the internship period).

2. Speed limit of 30 km/ h.

You need to know these things about motorcycle drilling seams

3. Do not be next to the curb stone (road teeth), and must not drill a gap next to the parked vehicle to overtake.

You need to know these things about motorcycle drilling seams
You need to know these things about motorcycle drilling seams

4. Do not be next to large vehicles (such as buses, trucks, etc.).

You need to know these things about motorcycle drilling seams

5. Special areas are not allowed to drill sewing seams (such as: curves, school areas, bicycle lanes, bus lanes, emergency lanes, etc.).

Although these constraints are not mainland laws, each of them is very recommended that everyone choose to abide by them for their own safety.

At last

Drilling sewing is an undisputed offence on the mainland.

According to Article 53 of the Implementing Regulations of the Road Traffic Safety Law of the People's Republic of China:

When a motor vehicle in front of it stops and waits in line or drives slowly, it shall queue up in turn, and shall not intersperse or overtake the driving from both sides of the vehicle in front, and shall not stop and wait in the crosswalk or mesh line area.

I will never advocate anything that is illegal.

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