[MarkG]

HB 2475 establishes a one-year program which allows motorcycle operators to overtake and pass vehicles in the same lane and to operate motorcycles between the lanes of traffic or between adjacent rows of vehicles when traffic is stopped.

Arizona Revised Statutes (A.R.S.) § 28-903 entitles motorcycle operators the full use of a lane of traffic, but does not allow operators to pass in the same lane as the vehicles they are overtaking or to operate their vehicles between lanes of traffic.

A.R.S. § 28-601 defines a roadway as the portion of a highway that is improved, designed or ordinarily used for vehicle travel, not including the berm or the shoulder.

Provisions

• Allows motorcycle operators who are in stopped traffic within counties that have populations of more than 2,000,000 persons to do either or both of the following:[/*:m:r28tp39t]
  
• Overtake and pass in the same lane occupied by the vehicle being overtaken.[/*:m:r28tp39t]
  
• Operate a motorcycle between lanes of traffic or between adjacent rows of vehicles. [/*:m:r28tp39t]
  
• Repeals this legislation from and after December 31, 2011.[/*:m:r28tp39t]
  
• Makes this legislation effective from and after December 31, 2010.[/*:m:r28tp39t]

Considering how hot (110F/43C) it gets down here in the summer maybe this is a good idea. At least a rider would continue to move instead of being baked at a stand still for an extended time. Then again, it might create more problems when the cagers are trying to move into another lane regardless of the traffic being stopped.

Currently, I see a lot of riders that will chance the ticket rather than be broiled in stopped traffic. Probably the California riders can answer the question better since lane splitting is allowed in their state. Is it more or less dangerous?