In this time of increasing fuel cost it makes sense to encourage motorcyclists to ride their machines more often. To add the incentive, Georgia should repeal the part of the traffic law (40-6-312) prohibiting the practice of "lane splitting" or "whitelining", which namely states:
(b) The operator of a motorcycle shall not overtake and pass in the same lane occupied by the vehicle being overtaken. (c) No person shall operate a motorcycle between lanes of traffic or between adjacent lines or rows of vehicles.
Despite the common belief that lane splitting is dangerous, the Hurt Report, published in 1981, and basing its conclusions on accident data gathered in the 1970's, confirms that "lane splitting reduces rear end crashes and improves motorcycle safety."